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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Tuberculosis Screening"”.
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Tuberculosis screening in a cohort of individuals diagnosed with HIV in Ontario during 2001 to 2009
Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and a treatable disease yet it is considered to be one of the most common infections seen in HIV. People who are infected with HIV are 20 times more likely to develop TB than those without HIV. Globally, there are nearly 40 million people living with HIV and at …
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A quantitative characterization of tuberculin skin test indurations using hyperspectral imaging to enable automated latent tuberculosis screening
… people globally are believed to harbour latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), which is a precursor to active tuberculosis (TB). Immunocompromising conditions, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, diabetes, chronic renal failure, and chemotherapy, are associated with the risk of …
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The efficacy of intermittent directly observed isoniazid in preventing tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults with advanced disease
… Meta-analysis of the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in HIV-infected adults has shown significant reduction in the incidence of tuberculosis in participants with a positive tuberculin skin test (TST), but not in those with a negative TST. However, there are insufficient …
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The evaluation of different strategies to improve the diagnosis of tuberculosis in people living with HIV in resource-limited settings
Background The 2019 WHO screening and diagnostic algorithm for tuberculosis in people living with HIV (PLHIV) has 2 components: the WHO Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) algorithm and WHO Alere Determine TB-LAM (AlereLAM) algorithm. According to the WHO Xpert algorithm, WHO recommends that PLHIV be routinely …
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Professional nurse's knowledge of tuberculosis prophylaxis in people living with HIV at Collins Chabane Municipality, Vhembe District of Limpopo Province
Background: Tuberculosis is constantly regarded as a major global health problem. Globally, tuberculosis is regarded as one of the causes of death among people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and ranks alongside the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, one of the top infectious diseases. …
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Epidemiological profile of Tuberculosis in Sinazongwe District in the context of HIV/AIDS
… TB patients, examine trends and patterns of tuberculosis progression from 2007 to 2012 and compared treatment outcome of HIV positive and HIV negative TB patients. A total of 484 TB patient clinical files from Sinazongwe Zonal Health Center (SZHC) were randomly selected for inclusion into the …
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Epidemiological profile of Tuberculosis in Sinazongwe District in the context of HIV/AIDS
… TB patients, examine trends and patterns of tuberculosis progression from 2007 to 2012 and compared treatment outcome of HIV positive and HIV negative TB patients. A total of 484 TB patient clinical files from Sinazongwe Zonal Health Center (SZHC) were randomly selected for inclusion into the …