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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"disseminated tuberculosis"”.
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The role of abdominal ultrasound in the investigation of suspected extrapulmonary and disseminated tuberculosis
… of the presence of active extrapulmonary and/or disseminated TB.
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Retrospective review of urinary lipoarabinomannan (ULAM) in the diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis (TB) in medical inpatients at a district level hospital in Cape Town
Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remain a major public health concern in South Africa (SA) with high mortality rates in patients with MTB and HIV co-infection. In 2016 Urinary Lipoarabinomannan (ULAM) became available in SA to expedite the …
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Diagnosis, treatment and determinants of mortality in patients hospitalized with HIV-associated tuberculosis
Background: HIV-associated tuberculosis (HIV-TB) comprises 9% of global tuberculosis cases but contributes a disproportionate 17% of tuberculosis deaths. Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death, hospitalization and in-hospital death in HIV-positive patients world-wide with case fatality rates in …
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Abdominal Tuberculosis is common and under-diagnosed in HIV positive Adults in Zambia
Abdominal tuberculosis is a common form of extra- pulmonary tuberculosis especially in HIV/AIDS patients. A high index of suspicion is required for diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis in these patients. A study was done at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia to ascertain whether …
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Abdominal Tuberculosis is common and under-diagnosed in HIV positive Adults in Zambia
Abdominal tuberculosis is a common form of extra- pulmonary tuberculosis especially in HIV/AIDS patients. A high index of suspicion is required for diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis in these patients. A study was done at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia to ascertain whether …
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The clinical presentation and outcome of tuberculosis in children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit in an area with a high incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis
… presentation, outcome and longterm effects of tuberculosis in children admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit at Tygerberg Hospital. A retrospective, descriptive study was conducted among 57 children admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit between January 1991 to December 1994. …
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An evidence-based algorithm for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV positive patients presenting to emergency centres
Background Tuberculosis remains a prevalent and deadly global disease. Diagnostic delays are partly due to reduced diagnostic performance of tuberculosis tests in HIV-positive people. The use of reliable pointof-care and near-patient diagnostic tests (e.g. urine lipoarabinomannan and point-of-care …