Cases of pulmonary TB without a chest radiograph result ... and pulmonary only disease which was further divided into non-cavitary pulmonary disease and cavitary pulmonary disease.

In non-endemic countries, the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis is two to three times higher among older adults. Cavitary disease is less common while multilobar and lower lobe involvement more ...

This large case series illustrates several features of adolescent TB. First, most patients were identified after presenting with symptoms. Second, the rates of extrathoracic TB were high ...

If persistent disease remained at 12 weeks ... including those with a high burden of cavitary tuberculosis, would garner the confidence needed to influence practice in lower-resource settings," they ...

WHO experts have annually brought attention to the poor quality of care for children at risk of developing active ...

There was a significant association of the presence of cough with TB sputum culture positivity (odds ratio, 11.0; 95% confidence interval, 2.5–50.0) but not gender, smoking, smear positivity, cavitary ...

When German biologist and doctor Robert Koch announced in 1882 that he had discovered the bacterial cause of tuberculosis, he said, "If the number of victims which a disease claims is the measure ...

The county Tuberculosis Control Program on Thursday was tracking the unrelated cases of tuberculosis, including at a ...

(Photo by Nancy Nanyonga) Burden of disease Health ministry General of Health Services director Dr Henry Mwebesa says more than 90,000 Ugandans fall ill with TB every year in Uganda. Last year ...

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant health concern ... Chest X-rays were used to determine cavitary disease and unilateral versus bilateral involvement. PDM was defined by a Glycated ...

The minimal residual disease to look for leukaemia status in view of prolonged ... mycotic aneurysm caused by weakening of the pulmonary artery wall from adjacent cavitary TB. It is very rare in ...

Subgroup analyses considered the effects of drug type, disease and TB endemicity ... Outcomes: Diagnosis of TB, TB reactivation, miliary or cavitary TB of the lung or any other body organ. Study ...