[PDF] from fiocruz.brP Shinu, A Nair, V Singh… - Mem Inst Oswaldo …, 2011 - memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br The recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO 2010) reveals that one third of the world's popu- lation is currently infected with tuberculosis (TB) and the number of incidents is alarming in Southeast Asia, which accounts for approximately 35% of global cases. The ... View as HTML
TH Holtz, G Kabera, T Mthiyane, T Zingoni… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2011 - Elsevier ... 4 In 2005, the prevalence of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis was 1891 cases per 100 000 people living with HIV/AIDS and 238 cases per 100 000 people not infected with HIV. 5 Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in South Africa in 2007 6 and 2008. ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - All 4 versions
R Moure, L Munoz, M Torres, M Santin… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol ... However, its low sensitivity (45 to 80% of positive cultures), as well as the fact that a significant percentage (17%) of bacillus transmission is due to smear-negative pulmonary cases, limits the usefulness of this technique (1). On the other hand, due to the intrinsic slow growth of ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 4 versions
J Walley, S Kunutsor, M Evans… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com ... Conclusions: Implementing the new WHO07 is likely to reduce the number of days and increase sensitivity for diagnosis of smear-negativecases of PTB. We identified many barriers to implementing both guidelines in HIV prevalent resource-poor settings. ... All 3 versions
D Assefa, Z Melaku, T Gadissa… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com ... Type of TB Smear-positive PTB Smear-negative PTB EPTB Not recorded ... to be due to prevalent TB (undi- agnosed disease manifesting during early months of ART and the unmasking of TB due to immune re- constitution inflammatory syndrome).7,8 Incident TB cases would be ... Related articles - All 4 versions