FREQUENCY AND CONSEQUENCES OF FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONSIN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENTS BELOW 50 YEARS OF AGE by Fakhira Arain

“…Individuals with a history of road traffic accidents (RTA), osteomyelitis, tuberculosis of joints, tumors, or those who had undergone ligament surgery were excluded from the study. …”
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TB Peritonitis Mistaken for Ovarian Carcinomatosis Based on an Elevated CA-125 by Joseph D. Boss, Christopher T. Shah, Oladoyin Oluwole, John N. Sheagren

“…In the United States, tuberculosis (TB) is of relatively low prevalence and most newly diagnosed patients are born outside of the United States. …”
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Secondary amyloidosis with concomitant gastric GIST and gastric adenocarcinoma - A case report by Ankita Soni, Nishant Batta, Shefali Mehmi, Vikram Narang, Bhavna Garg, Harpreet Kaur

“…Secondary amyloidosis is a well-established entity and has been described in association with chronic inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, etc., It has also been reported in association with neoplasms such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, renal cell carcinoma, lung carcinoma, etc. …”
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Mycobacterium bovis in Swine: Spoligotyping of Isolates from Argentina by Soledad Barandiaran, Marcela Martínez Vivot, Eduardo Vicente Moras, Angel Adrián Cataldi, Martín José Zumárraga

“…This study aimed to identify the spoligotypes of M. bovis isolated from pigs to contribute to a better understanding of the distribution of bovine tuberculosis in the main productive area of Argentina.…”
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PIPENN-EMB ensemble net and protein embeddings generalise protein interface prediction beyond homology by David P. G. Thomas, Carlos M. Garcia Fernandez, Reza Haydarlou, K. Anton Feenstra

“…We showcase predictions on 25 resistance-related proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Furthermore, whereas other state-of-the-art sequence-based methods perform worse for proteins that have little recognisable homology in their training data, PIPENN-EMB generalises to remote homologs, yielding stable AUROC across all three test sets with less than 30% sequence identity to the training dataset, and even to proteins with less than 15% sequence identity.…”
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A Rare Cause of Ascites-Disseminated TB with Peritonitis in a Middle-Aged Female by Sahathevan Vithoosan, Ponnudurai Shanjeeban, Joseph Philip Anpalahan, Paramarajan Piranavan, Harindra Karunatilake, Ananda Jayanaga

“…Background. Disseminated tuberculosis (TB) has been increasingly recognized in adults in the recent times due to increased prevalence of immune suppression. …”
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Hot Tub Lung Mimicking Classic Acute and Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Two Case Reports by Geetika Verma, Frances Jamieson, Pamela Chedore, David Hwang, Scott Boerner, William R Geddie, Kenneth R Chapman, Theodore K Marras

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Typical Facial Lesions: A Window of Suspicion for Progressive Disseminated Histoplasmosis—A Case of Asian Prototype by Prasan K. Panda, Siddharth Jain, Rita Sood, Rajni Yadav, Naval K. Vikram

“…The differential diagnosis of leishmaniasis, tuberculosis, leprosy, fungal infection, lymphoproliferative malignancy, and other granulomatous disorders was considered, but he succumbed to his illness. …”
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis: A Case Report of a Rare Infection with Potential Diagnostic Problems by Salwa O. Mekki, Amal A. Hassan, Afnan Falemban, Nashwa Alkotani, Salem M. Alsharif, Ahmed Haron, Basim Felemban, Mohammad S. Iqbal, Aisha Tabassum

“…Here, we present a case of a 52-year-old male who has type 2 diabetes mellitus and a past history of treated pulmonary tuberculosis. Clinical diagnosis is difficult in pulmonary mucormycosis, and early diagnosis is needed for this life-threatening infection. …”
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Imprensa e saúde pública na cidade de Sorocaba: a industrialização e seu impacto na condição de vida da população (1890-1916) by João Paulo Dall\u2019ava, André Mota

“…También se señala algunas medidas represivas por parte del poder municipal con el fin de luchar contra la vagancia y quitar del centro urbano pacientes con ciertas enfermedades, como la lepra y la tuberculosis. Por lo tanto, se pretende mostrar cómo la condición de vida de la población pobre de Sorocaba se fue deteriorando más y más a medida que la ciudad tenía un relativo crecimiento urbano e industrial.…”
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Characteristics of Suppressor Macrophages Induced by Mycobacterial and Protozoal Infections in relation to Alternatively Activated M2 Macrophages by Haruaki Tomioka, Yutaka Tatano, Win Win Maw, Chiaki Sano, Yuichi Kanehiro, Toshiaki Shimizu

“…During the course of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) infections, the generation of macrophages which possess strong suppressor activity against host T- and B-cell functions is frequently encountered. …”
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Evaluation of a national multidisciplinary meeting for non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease by A. Lemson, T.A. Koster, N. Carpaij, C. Magis-Escurra, M. Boeree, R. Stemkens, R.E. Aarnoutse, A. van Laarhoven, R. van Crevel, J. van Ingen, W. Hoefsloot

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On the Optimal Control of HIV-TB Co-Infection and Improvement of Workplace Productivity by Baba Seidu, Oluwole Daniel Makinde, Ibrahim Yakubu Seini

“…Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) have long been known to have a synergistic relationship. …”
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Vaccines for TB: Lessons from the Past Translating into Future Potentials by Gee Jun Tye, Min Han Lew, Yee Siew Choong, Theam Soon Lim, Maria Elena Sarmiento, Armando Acosta, Mohd Nor Norazmi

“…Development of vaccines for infectious diseases has come a long way with recent advancements in adjuvant developments and discovery of new antigens that are capable of eliciting strong immunological responses for sterile eradication of disease. Tuberculosis (TB) that kills nearly 2 million of the population every year is also one of the highlights of the recent developments. …”
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Intraocular Silicone Oil Masquerading as Terson Syndrome by Navid Elmi Sadr, Bijan Samavat, Payam Mehrian, Alireza Hedayatfar

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Tuberculous Empyema Necessitatis in a 40-Year-Old Immunocompetent Male by Farhang Babamahmoodi, Lotfollah Davoodi, Roya Sheikholeslami, Fatemeh Ahangarkani

“…Empyema necessitans (EN) is a kind of empyema that diffuses to extrapleural space and can involve chest pain. Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of EN. This disease can be found in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals but is usually seen in the immunocompromised individuals. …”
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Telediagnosis of Transbronchial Fine Needle Aspirations – A Feasibility Study by K. Kayser, G. Kayser, H. D. Becker, F. Herth

“…Benign diseases (2 tuberculosis and 3 sarcoidosis cases) were correctly classified. …”
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The Tuberculous Granuloma: An Unsuccessful Host Defence Mechanism Providing a Safety Shelter for the Bacteria? by Mayra Silva Miranda, Adrien Breiman, Sophie Allain, Florence Deknuydt, Frederic Altare

“…One of the main features of the immune response to M. Tuberculosis is the formation of an organized structure called granuloma. …”
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Timing of recurrence after treatment of pulmonary TB by C.T. Mithunage, D.W. Denning

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Steroids Decrease Prevalence of Positive Tuberculin Skin Test in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Implications on Anti-TNF Therapies by Shweta Agarwal, Siddharth Kumar Das, Girdhar G. Agarwal, Ragini Srivastava

“…Tuberculin skin test has been used as an indicator of latent tuberculosis in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) before administration of biologicals. …”
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