surfactant system in pulmonary tuberculosis

... factors associated to a delay in initiating treatment for tuberculosis, including systemic symptoms in HIV-infected individuals Variables ORadj 95%- CI p-value Systemic Symptoms None 1.00 - symptom** ... factors associated with a delay (defined according to the median value (cutoff)) in initiating treatment for tuberculosis in HIV-infected individuals (Continued) Yes 23 Use of shoemaker glue ... 0.05 remained in the model In a second stage, for the final Page of 11 multivariate model: variables selected in the previous stage were introduced into the final multivariate model (including variables...

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... USA), in which the authors have no financial interest Competing Interest The authors have no financial interest in the anti -tuberculosis drugs in this study REFERENCES Annual Report 2001 Tuberculosis ... under treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis were documented in subsequent follow-up sessions Ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy was defined clinically by unexplained decrease in vision, colour ... to investigate any subclinical changes in RNFL thickness by the use of scanning laser polarimetry in clinically asymptomatic patients This investigation is more objective and less time-consuming...

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... Venkatesan P Vitamin A levels in sputumKennedy JI, Gammon RB Vitamin A is excreated in positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in comparison the urine during acute infection Am J Clin Nutr 1994; ... haemoglobin, serum albumin, serum retinol and serum zinc was significantly lower in pulmonary tuberculosis patients rather than in control Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and WBC count was higher in pulmonary ... and zinc was higher in patients than in controls Low concentrations of serum retinol can be due to a number of factors, including reduced intake or reduced absorption of fat In addition, the infection...

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... lipiodol consider it a investigation patients who had he showing had pleurisy Lipiodol Lipiodol Lipiodol Lipiodol Lipiodol Lipiodol Lipiodol Lipiodol was in in in in in in in in less less less less ... those those by shadow of film, we not will help in the mentioned lipiodol was been Clearing Clearing Clearing Clearing Clearing Clearing Clearing Clearing any was some by opposite there disease the ... may in the study unsatisfactory extrinsic cent each and beading patient be of were and per abnormal cases stenosis in the of pulmonary difference was poor filling was some other interpretation intrinsic...

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... diet in correcting anaemia of tuberculosis, and the in uence of Fe supplementation in correcting anaemia in patients receiving their natural diets, needs to be evaluated In conclusion, in ammation ... supplementation in the present study was a persistent and sequential increase in blood haemoglobin, TEC and PCV in all groups The increase in blood haemoglobin, PCV and MCV was significantly higher in the ... placebo group (Table 1) Gastrointestinal upset was noticed in four patients in the Fe-supplemented group, in five in the Fe þ other haematinics-supplemented group and in five in the placebo group However,...

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... No treated Improvement in Mercurials Nil Digoxin Nil Nil 1 1 4 Aminophylline with Digoxin Aminophylline and penicillin Digoxin with Pen Dig., Aminoph and Pen Wherever digoxin given, mercurials ... VI, No 56 COR PULMONALE IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS S C KAPOOR FIG 57 S C KAPOOR 59 60 CORE PULMONALE IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS S C KAPOOR 61 62 COR PULMONALE IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS Emphysema, ... which lead to increased cardiac output The already less distensible pulmonary vasculature cannot cope with the increased cardiac output, resulting in pulmonary hypertension Infections increase the...

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... disease in individuals previously infected by the bacillus While the chance of an infection progressing to TB disease in immunocompetent individuals is 10% over their life span, in HIV-infected individuals ... Rubinson, 1985) Tuberculosis infection in immunocompetent individuals begins primarily as a non-specific inflammatory reaction, progressing to a typical granulomatous reaction that limits M tuberculosis ... predominantly male, coinciding with those found by Tani et al in a study on sputum cellularity in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (Tani et al., 1987) Male pre-dominance among patients with pulmonary...

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... is defined as the presence of resistant isolates of M tuberculosis in patients who, in response to direct questioning, admit having been treated for tuberculosis for one month or more or, in countries ... resistance in our district as indicated by the WHO/IUATLD report for global trend In conclusion, with growing worldwide concern regarding TB drug resistance, a surveillance system is vital in providing ... and quadruple resistance instead of notifying the incidence of plain resistance rates, in the new and the previously treated cases in the Izmir district METHODS Setting The study was carried...

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... presented from 1999 to 2001 were included in the study if they had smear-positive pulmonary TB in accordance with the WHO case definition (WHO, 1997) Srinagarind hospital has a regional governmental ... whether they lived in Khon Kaen Province or outside the province (a range of 322 km) The clinical data recorded included the presence of co-morbid diseases, clinical symptoms related to pulmonary TB, ... death in the fatal cases were opportunistic infections associated with HIV co-infection (n=3), acute myocardial infarction, hospitalacquired infection, postoperative DIC, and MDRTB Baseline clinical...

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... immunodeficiency ¨ in HIV-1-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Zaire Lancet 1993; 342:143 – Batungwanayo J, Taelman H, Dhote R, Bogaerts J, Allen S, Van De Perre P Pulmonary tuberculosis in Kigali, ... immunodeficiency virus infection in tuberculosis patients J Infect Dis 1990; 162:8 – 12 Pedro-Botet J, Gutierrez J, Miralles R, Coll J, Rubies-Prat J Pulmonary ´ ´ tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients ... Predictors and outcome of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis Clin Infect Dis 1995; 21:1245 – 52 Post FA, Wood R, Pillay GP Pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV infection: radiographic appearance is related...

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... KEHINDE et al: TB AMONG HEALTH-CARE WORKERS targets19 Nevertheless, NTCP in these countries should find ways of incorporating TB infection control interventions into their DOTS programme in other ... of people with pulmonary tuberculosis in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis Lancet Infect Dis 2008; : 359-68 Reprint requests: Dr A.O Kehinde, TB Unit, ... TB diagnosis in children is often problematic and prone to contamination especially in endemic settings with limited human and infrastructural facilities16 Also, recent trainings in Good Laboratory...

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... qualitative, using an in- depth interview approach Study setting Shaanxi province was conveniently selected The province is located in the north western part of China, consists of 10 cities including 107 ... recording and the nondisclosure of their private information Two interviewers were included in each interview: one mainly responsible for interviewing, and the other primarily responsible for noting ... responsible for noting and audiorecording The interviews were conducted in mandarin Chinese Fielding & Fielding's Triangle correction was used in the interview Nonverbal information, such as tones, facial...

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... potentially infectious, depending on HIV status This is in contrary to the belief that patients become non-infectious after two weeks of standard treatment regimen This finding is in line with other ... remained consistent for several years since the beginning of the epidemic [14] The proportion of patients with past history of using anti -tuberculosis drugs was higher in HIV positive than in ... ideas and interpret the findings MS prepared the draft, other authors helped to review and finalise the manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests...

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... normal in a small fraction of symptomatic individuals, especially in the setting of HIV coinfection Classic findings in postprimary pulmonary TB are alveolar infiltrates, interstitial infiltrates ... aerosolized during coughing, sneezing and singing Once bacilli laden nuclei are aerosolized they can remain suspended for hours, presenting an infection risk long after a person with TB has left an indoor ... pulmonary TB than an HIV infected individual is increased opportunity for the HIV uninfected individual to transmit infection Other conditions that increase the risk of pulmonary TB include silicosis,...

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... URL:htttp://www.tbcindia org/pdfs /tuberculosis% 20control%2 0in% 20 india-final.pdf Jeong YJ, Lee KS Pulmonary tuberculosis: up-to-date imaging and management AJR Am J Roentgenol 2008;191:834-44 Sohn H, Minion ... hand, severe fulminating pulmonary tuberculosis remains a challenge Tuberculosis required intensive care admission a count for 1-3% of all tuberculosis cases (10,11) Severe tuberculosis triggers ... severe anemia, pulmonary embolism, severe ascitis, malignancy, and sepsis Also three patients in addition to pulmonary tuberculosis had extra pulmonary tuberculosis, in form of meningitis, peritonitis...

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... prevalence in tuberculosis patients, although one study described the cause of lower-respiratory-tract infections in HIV-positive patients In the remaining three studies the distribution of type of tuberculosis ... mycobacteria in MGIT was short and ranged from days to 16 days, including in HIV-infected tuberculosis patients, as compared with 20 days to 26 days in conventional culture (Lowenstein-Jensen) ... Culture in resource-constrained settings with high HIV infection rates should be encouraged as part of routine tuberculosis control activities with an effective quality assurance system Routine sputum...

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... clinical disease The immune response in the remaining individuals only succeeds in containing the infection, as some bacilli escape killing by the mechanisms of immune activity and remain in ... unclear in the Chinese population In the present study, we aimed to investigate the KIR genes in PTB patients and controls using sequence-specific primer polymerase chain reaction (PCR) The innovative ... clinical symptoms, clinical signs, chest radiography, tuberculin skin test, and sputum smear test No extra -pulmonary involvement was detected in the patients The patient group was subdivided into...

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... Pardo JR Tuberculosis in the elderly in a general hospital in the Region of Madrid, 1994-2003 An Med Interna 2006; 23: 161-5 Caminero Luna JA Tuberculosis in the elderly patient In: Tuberculosis ... results were similar in both the groups DISCUSSION Tuberculosis is becoming increasingly common in the elderly and burden of the disease in them is likely to continue to increase substantially.3,4 ... patients were also observed in the current study However, certain findings of the current study differed from those of the meta-analysis11 and included 266 Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Elderly a higher...

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... relatively stable, slightly increasing tendency during the observation period, which was interpreted as a positive effect of the TB treatment This finding is in line with results obtained from patients ... HIV uninfected individuals with early clinical manifestations of pulmonary TB to severely immune suppressed HIV infected patients who are excreting too few bacteria to be detected in ordinary ... HIV uninfected PTB+ patients, i.e significant, but transient increments in CD4 counts (Table 4) However, in HIV patients ART status and the timing of initiation of ART were major determinants...

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