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2024-08-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2024-08-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Deaths ...
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2023-03-23 • Pediatrics
2023-03-23 • Pediatrics
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Children experience high tuberculosis (TB)-related mortality but causes of death among those with presumptive TB are poorly documented. We describe the mor...
Children experience high tuberculosis (TB)-related mortality but causes of death among those with presumptive TB are poorly documented. We describe the mor...
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2023-03-13 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
2023-03-13 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
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Many children with pulmonary tuberculosis remain undiagnosed and untreated with related high morbidity and mortality. Recent advances in childhood tuberculosis algorithm d...
Many children with pulmonary tuberculosis remain undiagnosed and untreated with related high morbidity and mortality. Recent advances in childhood tuberculosis algorithm d...
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2019-10-16 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2019-10-16 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Background: Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) and culture are the most reliable methods for tuberculosis diagnosis but are still poorly accessible in many low resource countries. We aimed to assess ...
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2017-03-31 • East African Medical Journal
2017-03-31 • East African Medical Journal
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To confirm presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, some tuberculosis culture laboratories still rely on para-nitrobenzoic acid (PNB), a traditional technique that ...
To confirm presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, some tuberculosis culture laboratories still rely on para-nitrobenzoic acid (PNB), a traditional technique that ...
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2017-10-28 • Malaria Journal
2017-10-28 • Malaria Journal
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Early diagnosis of suspected malaria cases with a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) has been shown to be an effective malaria control tool used in many resource-constrained sett...
Early diagnosis of suspected malaria cases with a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) has been shown to be an effective malaria control tool used in many resource-constrained sett...
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2017-08-02 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
2017-08-02 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
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Mortality among children with presumptive tuberculosis (TB) empiric TB treatment can be high. We describe the predictors of death among children with presumptive TB, and t...
Mortality among children with presumptive tuberculosis (TB) empiric TB treatment can be high. We describe the predictors of death among children with presumptive TB, and t...
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2015-02-06 • PLOS One
2015-02-06 • PLOS One
There are limited data on region-specific drug susceptibility of tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. We performed resistance testing on specimens collected from treatment-naive patients with pu...
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2016-03-30 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2016-03-30 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Sputum acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy has suboptimal sensitivity but remains the most commonly used laboratory test to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). We prospectively ev...
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2018-05-08 • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2018-05-08 • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
The Xpert MTB/RIF assay is a major advance for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in high-burden countries but is limited in children by their difficulty to produce sputum. We investigated T...
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2020-07-02 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2020-07-02 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background
While congenital syphilis is a significant public health problem that can cause severe disabilities, little is known about the situation in Uganda. We describe prevalence...
While congenital syphilis is a significant public health problem that can cause severe disabilities, little is known about the situation in Uganda. We describe prevalence...
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2021-06-17 • European Respiratory Journal
2021-06-17 • European Respiratory Journal
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Non-sputum-based diagnostic approaches are crucial in children at high risk of disseminated tuberculosis (TB) who cannot expectorate sputum. We evaluated the diagnostic ac...
Non-sputum-based diagnostic approaches are crucial in children at high risk of disseminated tuberculosis (TB) who cannot expectorate sputum. We evaluated the diagnostic ac...
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2015-05-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2015-05-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is challenging in patients who are unable to produce sputum. The string test, a method for retrieving enteropathogens, is a potential alternative ...
Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is challenging in patients who are unable to produce sputum. The string test, a method for retrieving enteropathogens, is a potential alternative ...
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2014-07-25 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2014-07-25 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
We compared Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum culture recovery and contamination rates between Lowenstein-Jensen medium (LJ) containing the following decontaminants and LJ alone: (i) PAN...
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2021-06-18 • Antibiotics
2021-06-18 • Antibiotics
Critical illness from tuberculosis (TB) bloodstream infection results in a high case fatality rate for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Critical illness can lead to...
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2016-09-15 • African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2016-09-15 • African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Knowledge of local and regional antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is important for clinical decision making. However, surveillance capacity for AMR is lacking...
Knowledge of local and regional antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is important for clinical decision making. However, surveillance capacity for AMR is lacking...
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2016-07-08 • PLOS One
2016-07-08 • PLOS One
Rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is critical for timely initiation of treatment and interruption of transmission. Yet, despite recent advances, many patients remain undiagn...
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2016-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2016-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING
Although it is now widely used for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, Xpert® MTB/RIF availability remains inadequate in low-resource settings. Moreover, its accuracy in testing sto...
Although it is now widely used for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, Xpert® MTB/RIF availability remains inadequate in low-resource settings. Moreover, its accuracy in testing sto...
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2018-02-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2018-02-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) revised the paediatric dosages of anti-tuberculosis drugs, increasing rifampicin to 15 mg/kg, isoniazid to 10 mg/kg and pyrazi...
In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) revised the paediatric dosages of anti-tuberculosis drugs, increasing rifampicin to 15 mg/kg, isoniazid to 10 mg/kg and pyrazi...
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2017-10-18 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2017-10-18 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Microscopic diagnosis of malaria using Giemsa-stained blood smears is the standard of care in resource-limited se...