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HIV testing and care of the patient co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV
(INT UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS LUNG DISEASE (I U A T L D), 2008)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection poses one of the greatest challenges to tuberculosis (TB) control, with TB killing more people with HIV infection than any other condition. The standards in this chapter cover ...
No impact of helminth coinfection in patients with smear positive tuberculosis on immunoglobulin levels using a novel method measuring Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antibodies.
(Springer, 2023)
Helminth/tuberculosis (TB)-coinfection can reduce cell-mediated immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and increase disease severity, although the effects are highly helminth species dependent. Mtb have long ...
Epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in Rio de Janeiro
(SOC BRASIL PEDIATRIARIO DE JANEIRO, RJ, 2012)
Objective: To describe the epidemiological aspects of childhood tuberculosis (TB) in a Brazilian reference hospital. Methods: This was a retrospective study (1999-2008) of 473 subjects (0-14 year olds) with confirmed TB, ...
Evaluation of the accuracy of T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of ocular tuberculosis in a BCG-vaccinated, non-endemic population
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Purpose: To determine the performance of T-SPOT.TB, an interferon gamma release assay test, in patients with ocular tuberculosis (TB) in a BCG-vaccinated, non-endemic population. Methods: We employed a nested case control ...
Subnotifica????o da comorbidade Tuberculose e Aids: uma aplica????o do m??todo de linkage.
(Programa de p??s-gradua????o em sa??de coletiva, 2007)
Fatores de risco para tuberculose pulmonar com confirmação bacteriológica, em Belo Horizonte, de 2006 a 2008
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisUFMG, 2011-02-04)
Tuberculosis (TB) control is still defying the world. Brazil is one of the 20 high burden countries. Pulmonary TB is responsible for the maintenance of the dissemination of the disease. TB rates are particularly high in ...
Tuberculosis treatment intermittency in the continuation phase and mortality in HIV-positive persons receiving antiretroviral therapy
(BioMed Central, 2022)
BACKGROUND: Some tuberculosis (TB) treatment guidelines recommend daily TB treatment in both the intensive and continuation phases of treatment in HIV-positive persons to decrease the risk of relapse and acquired drug ...