Objective: Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease that remains a public health problem worldwide, including in Indonesia, which ranks second in the number of TB cases according to the 2022 WHO report. In the working area of the Johan Pahlawan health center there are four facto...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i81279
Aim: Mycobacterial infections due to Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) (Paratuberculosis), and M. bovis (Tuberculosis) in dairy animals are potential public health risk that needs to be diagnosí at the earliest for effective prevention. In addition, M. smegmatis (nontube...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2025/v35i21540
Objectives: Describe a rare case of intramedullary tuberculoma (IMT) complicated by chronic adhesive arachnoiditis (CAA). Presentation of Case: A 19-year-old woman presented with complaints of weight loss, progressive weakness of both lower limbs, and urinary retention. Neurologi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71051
Objective: Analyze the selection of concepts associated with Tuberculosis with an interdisciplinary approach by students from four Medical Sciences programs at a privately managed university in the city of Mar del Plata in 2023. Materials and Methods: Descriptive, longitudinal re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i1972
The molecular revolution in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis has ushered in a new era of patient treatment that is quicker, more accurate, and clinically appropriate. In cases where treatment resistance is suspected or if tuberculosis (TB) is present, the most cutting-edge molecular d...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i1969
Shubham Darda, Aarjuv Majmundar, Puneet Upadhyay, Harshita H. Nouni, Sucheta Lakhani & Jitendra D. Lakhani·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2023
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a self-limiting illness characterised by non-specific symptoms, most commonly reported symptoms being fever and lymphadenopathy. Unknown in its cause, Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign, uncommon disorder usually presenting under the age of 30...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i11923
Background: Rapid and more sensitive diagnostic assays have seen substantial investment globally intending to improve Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis towards treatment. This study evaluated the impact of the GeneXpert intervention on TB case detection and management in Ghana. Methods...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i10899
Aim: Tuberculosis is one of the oldest human diseases, dating back over 17,000 years based totally on molecular proof. Despite modern diagnostic and treatment approaches, people continue to suffer from tuberculosis, and it tops the list of ten deadly infectious diseases in the wo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i530463
BCG vaccine continues to be controversial, live attenuated BCG is still the only vaccine in use which is able to prevent TB in humans. It is still difficult to determine which strain should be used and further detailed analysis of the genomics and immunogenicity of BCG sub-strain...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1130410
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem. The early and accurate diagnosis is crucial for disease management and to control disease transmission and the emergence of drug resistance TB. Objectives: This study was carried out to determine the diagnostic accur...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230299
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to rank high in contributing to the global disability adjusted life years with 10 million new cases yearly worldwide. Having effective control of TB particularly in endemic communities should be predicated on understanding factors that dr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1030256
Guma Isaac, Emuron John Robert, Namugambe Swabrah, Nabirye Gloria, Philip Denis Okungura, Paul Oboth, Jacob S. Iramiot & Rebecca Nekaka·Microbiology Research Journal International·2019
Background: Given the global urgency to improve tuberculosis (TB) case detection, a renewed interest in active case finding (ACF) has risen. Missed TB cases pose a serious threat as they continue to fuel TB transmission in the community. We aimed to assess the feasibility of comm...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v29i330166
Garba Bilkisu Ilah, Muhammad Aminu Sakajiki, Yusuf Ibrahim, Ibrahim Tukur Mafara, Ahmad Murtala Muhammad, Yusuf Tahir & Onazi Sunday Ochapa·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2018
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease that is preventable and curable, yet a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Tuberculosis prevalence and mortality are under-estimated in many high burden countries. Directly Observed Treatment Short cour...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/40490
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) has been known to be one of the most frequent underlying causes of wasting worldwide and this has however remained poorly studied and understood. Methods: Pattern of weight gain during tuberculosis treatment in Ekpene Obom, Nigeria was assessed betwe...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2016/29090
Anna Longdoh Njunda, Dickson Shey Nsagha, Jules Clement Nguedia Assob, Baiye William Abange, Azemtsop Julius Tamoh & Tebit Emmanuel Kwenti·Microbiology Research Journal International·2015
Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of paragonimiasis and aspergillosis in patients suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis in Yaounde. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Participants were recruited between March and June 201...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/20138