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Post-mortem pulmonary tuberculosis: comparison of available diagnostic methods
This study was performed to look at the sensitivity and specificity of post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) imaging when compared to culture in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis. This was a retrospective comparative study looking at post mortem cases where lung tissue samples sent for TB culture at Hospital Kuala Lumpur were compared against PMCT imaging. Exclusion criteria included contaminated samples, decomposed cases, immunocompromised subjects and those below 18 years of age. Subjects included 80 medico-legal autopsy cases at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia who had whole ...
Source: Tropical Biomedicine - August 31, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: M K Chainchel Singh B Johari V R Naik P S Lai S F Siew Source Type: research
Current status of infectious diseases among migrants and non-citizens in Malaysia
Trop Biomed. 2023 Jun 1;40(2):138-151. doi: 10.47665/tb.40.2.003.ABSTRACTThe mass movement of migrants to Malaysia for employment is one of the factors contributing to the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases in this country. Despite mandatory health screening for migrants seeking employment, prevalence records of infectious diseases amongst migrant populations in Malaysia are still within negligible proportions. Therefore, the present review highlights the incidence, mortality and overall status of infectious diseases amongst migrants' populations in Malaysia, which maybe be useful for impeding exacerbation o...
Source: Tropical Biomedicine - August 31, 2023 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: N W S Mohd Putera A S Azman S N Mohd Zain H Yahaya J W Lewis N Sahimin Source Type: research
Characteristics of and Deaths among 333 Persons with Tuberculosis and COVID-19 in Cross-Sectional Sample from 25 Jurisdictions, United States
Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 30;29(10). doi: 10.3201/eid2910.230286. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLittle is known about co-occurring tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 in low TB incidence settings. We obtained a cross-section of 333 persons in the United States co-diagnosed with TB and COVID-19 within 180 days and compared them to 4,433 persons with TB only in 2020 and 18,898 persons with TB during 2017‒2019. Across both comparison groups, a higher proportion of persons with TB-COVID-19 were Hispanic, were long-term care facility residents, and had diabetes. When adjusted for age, underlying conditions, and TB severity, COVID...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - August 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Scott A Nabity Suzanne M Marks Neela D Goswami Shona R Smith Evan Timme Sandy F Price Lon Gross Julie L Self Katelynne Gardner Toren Masahiro Narita Donna H Wegener Shu-Hua Wang National Tuberculosis Controllers Association/CDC TB-COVID-19 Collaboration1 Source Type: research
Is financial social support for tuberculosis patients leading to better treatment outcomes, T ürkiye, 2018-2019?
Jpn J Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 31. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2023.196. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to determine influencing factors including regular financial social support program on tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes and success rates. TB patients registered 2018-2019 were included for this retrospective cohort study. We classified into two groups as those who received financial support for at least one month and those who did not. A total of 22867 patients were included in the study, 5033 of whom received financial social support and 17834 of whom did not. The success rate was 11.9% higher amon...
Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - August 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Selda Sahan Seher Topluoglu Fehminaz Temel Mehmet Enes Gokler Sedat Kaygusuz Source Type: research
Characteristics of and Deaths among 333 Persons with Tuberculosis and COVID-19 in Cross-Sectional Sample from 25 Jurisdictions, United States
Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 30;29(10). doi: 10.3201/eid2910.230286. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLittle is known about co-occurring tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 in low TB incidence settings. We obtained a cross-section of 333 persons in the United States co-diagnosed with TB and COVID-19 within 180 days and compared them to 4,433 persons with TB only in 2020 and 18,898 persons with TB during 2017‒2019. Across both comparison groups, a higher proportion of persons with TB-COVID-19 were Hispanic, were long-term care facility residents, and had diabetes. When adjusted for age, underlying conditions, and TB severity, COVID...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - August 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Scott A Nabity Suzanne M Marks Neela D Goswami Shona R Smith Evan Timme Sandy F Price Lon Gross Julie L Self Katelynne Gardner Toren Masahiro Narita Donna H Wegener Shu-Hua Wang National Tuberculosis Controllers Association/CDC TB-COVID-19 Collaboration1 Source Type: research
Is financial social support for tuberculosis patients leading to better treatment outcomes, T ürkiye, 2018-2019?
Jpn J Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 31. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2023.196. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to determine influencing factors including regular financial social support program on tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes and success rates. TB patients registered 2018-2019 were included for this retrospective cohort study. We classified into two groups as those who received financial support for at least one month and those who did not. A total of 22867 patients were included in the study, 5033 of whom received financial social support and 17834 of whom did not. The success rate was 11.9% higher amon...
Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - August 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Selda Sahan Seher Topluoglu Fehminaz Temel Mehmet Enes Gokler Sedat Kaygusuz Source Type: research
Characteristics of and Deaths among 333 Persons with Tuberculosis and COVID-19 in Cross-Sectional Sample from 25 Jurisdictions, United States
Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 30;29(10). doi: 10.3201/eid2910.230286. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLittle is known about co-occurring tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 in low TB incidence settings. We obtained a cross-section of 333 persons in the United States co-diagnosed with TB and COVID-19 within 180 days and compared them to 4,433 persons with TB only in 2020 and 18,898 persons with TB during 2017‒2019. Across both comparison groups, a higher proportion of persons with TB-COVID-19 were Hispanic, were long-term care facility residents, and had diabetes. When adjusted for age, underlying conditions, and TB severity, COVID...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - August 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Scott A Nabity Suzanne M Marks Neela D Goswami Shona R Smith Evan Timme Sandy F Price Lon Gross Julie L Self Katelynne Gardner Toren Masahiro Narita Donna H Wegener Shu-Hua Wang National Tuberculosis Controllers Association/CDC TB-COVID-19 Collaboration1 Source Type: research
Is financial social support for tuberculosis patients leading to better treatment outcomes, T ürkiye, 2018-2019?
Jpn J Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 31. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2023.196. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to determine influencing factors including regular financial social support program on tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes and success rates. TB patients registered 2018-2019 were included for this retrospective cohort study. We classified into two groups as those who received financial support for at least one month and those who did not. A total of 22867 patients were included in the study, 5033 of whom received financial social support and 17834 of whom did not. The success rate was 11.9% higher amon...
Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - August 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Selda Sahan Seher Topluoglu Fehminaz Temel Mehmet Enes Gokler Sedat Kaygusuz Source Type: research
Ambient PM < sub > 2.5 < /sub > exposures could increase risk of tuberculosis recurrence
CONCLUSIONS: The results imply that interventions for reducing air pollution might help prevent TB recurrence.PMID:37648454 | DOI:10.1265/ehpm.23-00131
Source: Cancer Control - August 30, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kyung-Duk Min Sun-Young Kim Sung-Il Cho Source Type: research
Is financial social support for tuberculosis patients leading to better treatment outcomes, T ürkiye, 2018-2019?
Jpn J Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 31. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2023.196. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to determine influencing factors including regular financial social support program on tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes and success rates. TB patients registered 2018-2019 were included for this retrospective cohort study. We classified into two groups as those who received financial support for at least one month and those who did not. A total of 22867 patients were included in the study, 5033 of whom received financial social support and 17834 of whom did not. The success rate was 11.9% higher amon...
Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - August 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Selda Sahan Seher Topluoglu Fehminaz Temel Mehmet Enes Gokler Sedat Kaygusuz Source Type: research
Characteristics of and Deaths among 333 Persons with Tuberculosis and COVID-19 in Cross-Sectional Sample from 25 Jurisdictions, United States
Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 30;29(10). doi: 10.3201/eid2910.230286. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLittle is known about co-occurring tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 in low TB incidence settings. We obtained a cross-section of 333 persons in the United States co-diagnosed with TB and COVID-19 within 180 days and compared them to 4,433 persons with TB only in 2020 and 18,898 persons with TB during 2017‒2019. Across both comparison groups, a higher proportion of persons with TB-COVID-19 were Hispanic, were long-term care facility residents, and had diabetes. When adjusted for age, underlying conditions, and TB severity, COVID...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - August 30, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Scott A Nabity Suzanne M Marks Neela D Goswami Shona R Smith Evan Timme Sandy F Price Lon Gross Julie L Self Katelynne Gardner Toren Masahiro Narita Donna H Wegener Shu-Hua Wang National Tuberculosis Controllers Association/CDC TB-COVID-19 Collaboration1 Source Type: research
