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Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Treatment and Tuberculin Skin Test
(2015)
Purpose: The use of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNF) drugs has been a milestone in the treatment of rheumatic diseases. Despite their strong efficacy, there are some factors restricting the use of anti-TNF agents. ...
A Fine Line Between A Major Surgery and Medical Therapy: The Diagnosis of Sternal Tuberculosis
(2014)
Tuberculosis involving the sternum is rare. The most common symptoms at the early stage are chest pain and palpable masses on the sternum. Cutaneous fistulas, spontaneous fracture of sternum and extrasternal spread may ...
Risk Assessment of Tuberculosis in Immunocompromised Patients A TBNET Study
(2014)
Rationale: In the absence of active tuberculosis, a positive tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) result defines latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, although test results may ...
Relative risk of tuberculosis in patients with rheumatic diseases managed with anti-tumour necrosis factor-alpha therapy: A nationwide cohort study
(2019)
What is known and objective Anti-tumour necrosis factor-alpha (anti-TNF-alpha) therapy is known to raise the risk of granulomatous infections, leading to development of risk management strategies at national or global ...
The microbiological diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis: results of Haydarpasa-1 study
(2014)
We aimed to provide data on the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in this largest case series ever reported. The Haydarpasa-1 study involved patients with microbiologically confirmed TBM in Albania, Croatia, Denmark, ...
An old enemy not to be forgotten during PET CT scanning of cancer patients: tuberculosis
(2016)
Aim of the study: Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET CT) scan is commonly used in current medical oncology practice as an imaging method. In this study we present data from cancer patients who were ...
Evaluation of 31 Cases with Urogenital Tuberculosis
(2014)
Introduction: The present study evaluated the cases followed up and treated for urogenital tuberculosis in our hospital.
Materials and Methods: Demographic and clinical characteristics, as well as laboratory data and ...
The Relationship Between COVID-19 Severity and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG)/ Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Exposure History in Healthcare Workers: A Multi-Center Study
(2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought countries' health services into sharp focus. It was drawn to our group's attention that healthcare workers (HCWs) had a lower mortality rate against higher COVID-19 incidence compared to ...
Automated Tuberculosis Detection Using Pre-Trained CNN and SVM
(2021)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a dreadfully contagious and life-threatening disease if left untreated. Therefore, early and accurate diagnosis is critical for treatment. Today, invasive, expensive, or time-consuming tests are performed ...