Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

Known as: PHTHISIS, Unspecified pulmonary tuberculosis, Pulmonary Phthises 
A bacterial infection that affects the lungs and is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Most patients with tuberculosis do not have symptoms… (More)
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Review
2017
Review
2017
The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis.
Global tuberculosis incidence has declined marginally over the past decade, and tuberculosis remains out of control in several… (More)
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2011
Highly Cited
2011
Prevention of HIV-1 infection with early antiretroviral therapy.
BACKGROUND Antiretroviral therapy that reduces viral replication could limit the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance.
BACKGROUND Global control of tuberculosis is hampered by slow, insensitive diagnostic methods, particularly for the detection of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
IL-23 and IL-17 in the establishment of protective pulmonary CD4+ T cell responses after vaccination and during Mycobacterium tuberculosis challenge
Interferon-γ is key in limiting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Here we show that vaccination triggered an accelerated… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis as a cause of death in patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV in a rural area of South Africa
BACKGROUND The epidemics of HIV-1 and tuberculosis in South Africa are closely related. High mortality rates in co-infected… (More)
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Extrapulmonary involvement can occur in isolation or along with a pulmonary focus as in the case of patients with disseminated… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America: treatment of tuberculosis.
8.4. Culture-negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis CONTENTS in Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650… (More)
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2000
Highly Cited
2000
Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children
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Introduction I. Epidemiology II. Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis III. Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis IV. Clinical… (More)
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Specific immune-based diagnosis of tuberculosis
Current diagnostic tests for tuberculosis based on tuberculin have poor specificity, and both BCG vaccination and exposure to non… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The epidemiology of tuberculosis in San Francisco. A population-based study using conventional and molecular methods.
BACKGROUND The epidemiology of tuberculosis in urban populations is changing. Combining conventional epidemiologic techniques… (More)
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