Incidence of adverse drug reactions among tuberculosis patients initiated on daily drug regimen in a southern district of Karnataka by R. N. Hithaish Kumar, Chythra R. Rao, Ravindra Maradi, Shashikiran Umakanth, S. V. Chidananda Sanju, P. S. Balu

“…Aim: The study aimed to determine the incidence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) among newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients receiving daily drug regimen with fixed-dose combination treatment under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program. …”
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Prevalence, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome of Tuberculosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal by Ravi R. Pradhan, Mahesh Raj Sigdel

“…Background. Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious public health threat in low- and middle-income countries like Nepal. …”
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Successes and Challenges in an Integrated Tuberculosis/HIV Clinic in a Rural, Resource-Limited Setting: Experiences from Kericho, Kenya by Douglas N. Shaffer, Eunice T. Obiero, Josphat B. Bett, Ignatius N. Kiptoo, Jonah K. Maswai, Fredrick K. Sawe, E. Jane Carter

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Real-life use of delamanid: results from the European post-authorisation safety study by N. Schönfeld, L. Barkane, I. Davoliene, M. Danilovits, S. Miliauskas, F. Ader, O.M. Kon, C. Lange, A. Duvignaud, M. Heiss-Neumann, N. Hittel, N. Lazarević, I. Knebel, A. Martin, B. Eschenbach, E. van Heumen, V. George

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Multifocal Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of Ribs with Active Pulmonary Infection by Venkatesh Elumalai, K. Krishnamoorthy, T. Joseph Pratheeban, E. Mathan, O. M. Rahman Shahul Hameed

“…Skeletal tuberculosis (TB) is a type of extrapulmonary TB affecting bony structures. …”
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Frequency of Lower Lung Field Tuberculosis in Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Raihan Kamal Galib, Susanta Kumar Paul, Khujjista Akter, Manzurul Ibrahim Musa, Dip Jyoti Sarker, Shah Ashiqur Rahman Ashiq Choudhury, Shipan Chandra Paul, Rajashish Chakrabortty

“…PTB was diagnosed by positive sputum acid‐fast bacilli (AFB),/Culture,/Gene Xpert MTB/RIF, and DM, which was proven by taking oral hypoglycemic drugs or receiving insulin at the time of hospital admission. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis and seropositive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were excluded from this study. …”
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Real-world clinical utility of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in the assessment of tuberculosis in a low-TB-incidence, high-resource setting by Robert C Free, Manish Pareek, Hemu Patel, Pranabashis Haldar, Jee Whang Kim, Richard Halliwell, Nelun Perera, Gerrit Woltmann, Alison Glimour-Caunt, Raman Verma

“…Background Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in the UK is impacted by delay and suboptimal culture-based microbiological confirmation rates due to the high prevalence of paucibacillary disease. …”
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Pulmonary sarcoidosis by Deepak Talwar, Dhruv Talwar, Hariharan Iyer

“…In India, exclusion of tuberculosis (TB) in every new suspected case of pulmonary sarcoidosis is a colossal task due to overlapping features and the high burden of TB. …”
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Impact of alcohol drinking and tobacco smoking on the drug-resistance of newly diagnosed tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study in Shandong, China, during 2004–2020 by Yi-Fan Li, Yao Liu, Qi Fu, Wan-mei Song, Jin-yue Liu, Qian-yun Zhang, Ting-ting Xu, Shi-jin Li, Qi-qi An, Si-qi Liu, Huai-chen Li, Ning Ning Tao, Xue-han Zhu, Chun-bao Yu, Jihua Dong

“…Exclusive criteria: retreated cases; extrapulmonary tuberculosis; without information on drug susceptibility testing results, smoking or drinking habits; bacteriological identification as non-tuberculous mycobacteria.Primary and secondary outcome measures Patients were classified into four groups including smokers only (G1), drinker only (G2), smoker +drinker (G3), non-smoker +non-drinker group (G0). …”
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Evaluation of clinical, laboratory, radiographical and histopathological characteristics in patients with spinal tuberculosis in the context of HIV infection: An analysis of 52 pat... by J Scherer, M Locketz, S Castelein, R Dunn, M Held, F Thienemann

“…South Africa (SA) has the highest prevalence of people with tuberculosis (TB) and HIV coinfection globally. People living with HIV have an increased risk of TB infection, and are more likely to develop extrapulmonary TB. …”
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Natural History and Factors Associated with Early and Delayed Mortality in HIV-Infected Patients Treated of Tuberculosis under Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course Strategy: A... by Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Praveen Kumar Naik, Raghavakalyan Pakam, Lakshminaryana Bachu, Manoranjan Midde

“…Two thirds were presented with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, and the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis was tuberculous meningitis followed by pleuritis, abdominal tuberculosis, and lymphadenitis. …”
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Case report: A case of mycobacterium bovis, in a previously healthy 10-year-old girl in Lebanon by Amal Naous, MD, Zeina Naja, MD, Aref Ramadan, MD, Batoul Ahmad-Kassem, MD, Walaa Saba Tayon, MD, Mahmoud Abdelnabi, MD, Lynn Mansour, Zenah Delbani, Elissa El-judri, Ali Zeidan, Mariam Rajab, MD

“…Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (M. TB) and Mycobacterium Bovis (M. Bovis), constituents of the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis complex (MTBC), pose diagnostic challenges due to shared extrapulmonary manifestations. …”
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Penatalaksanaan Tuberkulosis Laring by Novialdi ., Seres Triola

“…<br />Keywords:Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, laryngeal tuberculosis, mycobacterium, tuberculosis, anti tuberculosis drug</p>…”
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Tubercular Ulcer of Tongue in an Elderly Patient Masquerading as a Traumatic Ulcer by Ramesh Parajuli, Sushna Maharjan

“…However, due to the effectiveness of DOTS therapy, vaccination, and education, the prevalence of tuberculosis has fallen in recent years. Although the pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, especially the tubercular lymphadenitis, is still very common in our country, the tuberculosis of oral cavity is an uncommon condition. …”
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Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in Manitoba: Incidence, Clinical Characteristics and Treatment by Victoria J Cook, Jure Manfreda, Earl S Hershfield

“…BACKGROUND: Tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL) is an important form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Recent studies have shown an increase in TBL in Canada.…”
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A Case of Tuberculous Spondylitis in Child with Undernourish by Erli Meichory Viorika, Finny Fitry Yani, Roni Eka Sahputra

“…Tuberculous spondylitis accounts for around 2% of all cases of Tuberculosis (TB) and around 15% of extrapulmonary TB cases. …”
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Tuberculous Spondylitis: A Report of Different Clinical Scenarios and Literature Update by Catarina Lacerda, Rita Linhas, Raquel Duarte

“…In developed countries, the proportion of extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases is increasing. Nowadays tuberculous spondylitis, also known as Pott disease, is a rare clinical condition but can cause severe vertebral and neurological sequelae that can be prevented with an early correct diagnosis. …”
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Death of a 29-Year-Old Male from Undifferentiated Sepsis by Kathryn A. Trebuss, Samantha Buttemer, Jeffrey S. Wilkinson, Josie Xu, John P. Rossiter, Kieran M. Moore

“…Tumour necrosis factor alpha inhibitors, such as infliximab, and other biologic agents are associated with increased risk of opportunistic infection, including tuberculosis. Tuberculosis infections associated with infliximab tend to present atypically and can be difficult to diagnose, as they are more likely to manifest as extrapulmonary or disseminated disease. …”
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Retroperitoneal Abscess: A Rare Localization of Tubercular Infection by Sami Karoui, Norsaf Bibani, Afef Ouaz, Meriem Serghini, Faouzi Chebbi, Kais Nouira, Ines Chelly, Jalel Boubaker, Zoubeir Ben Safta, Emna Menif, Moncef Zitouna, Azza Filali

“…Extrapulmonary tuberculosis lacks specific clinical manifestation and can mimic many diseases. …”
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Evaluation of Elexacafor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor therapy after lung transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis: The Dutch National KOALA study by Johanna P. van Gemert, Bart Luijk, Merel E. Hellemons, Klara A. Visser, Carina.M.E. Hansen, Renske van der Meer, C. Tji Gan, Hester van der Vaart, Onno W. Akkerman, Willie N. Steenhuis, Marieke Verkleij, Harry G.M. Heijerman, Erik A.M. Verschuuren

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