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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Known as:
PHTHISIS
, Unspecified pulmonary tuberculosis
, Pulmonary Phthises
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A bacterial infection that affects the lungs and is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Most patients with tuberculosis do not have symptoms…
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Congenital tuberculosis
Empyema, Tuberculous
Tuberculosis of lung with cavitation, tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
Tuberculosis of lung, infiltrative, bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
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Broader (2)
Lung diseases
airway disease
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Prevention of HIV-1 infection with early antiretroviral therapy
Michael Rayment
Journal of family planning and reproductive…
2011
Corpus ID: 75780624
BACKGROUND Antiretroviral therapy that reduces viral replication could limit the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus…
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis and rifampin resistance.
C. Boehme
,
P. Nabeta
,
+16 authors
M. Perkins
New England Journal of Medicine
2010
Corpus ID: 5754147
BACKGROUND Global control of tuberculosis is hampered by slow, insensitive diagnostic methods, particularly for the detection of…
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
2009
Corpus ID: 7023757
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
S. Khader
,
G. Bell
,
+11 authors
A. Cooper
Nature Immunology
2007
Corpus ID: 926697
Interferon-γ is key in limiting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Here we show that vaccination triggered an accelerated…
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Review
2003
Review
2003
The growing burden of tuberculosis: global trends and interactions with the HIV epidemic.
E. Corbett
,
C. Watt
,
+4 authors
C. Dye
Archives of Internal Medicine
2003
Corpus ID: 8535767
BACKGROUND The increasing global burden of tuberculosis (TB) is linked to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHODS…
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Leptospirosis: a zoonotic disease of global importance.
A. Bharti
,
J. Nally
,
+8 authors
J. Vinetz
Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)
2003
Corpus ID: 36947671
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America: treatment of tuberculosis.
H. Blumberg
,
W. Burman
,
+16 authors
A. Vernon
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care…
2003
Corpus ID: 33386889
8.4. Culture-negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis CONTENTS in Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Consensus statement. Global burden of tuberculosis: estimated incidence, prevalence, and mortality by country. WHO Global Surveillance and Monitoring Project.
C. Dye
,
Suzanne Scheele
,
P. Dolin
,
V. Pathania
,
M. Raviglione
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1999
Corpus ID: 20160086
OBJECTIVE To estimate the risk and prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection and tuberculosis (TB) incidence…
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Review
1995
Review
1995
Standards for the diagnosis and care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. American Thoracic Society.
B. Celli
,
G. Snider
,
+6 authors
Y. Phillips
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care…
1995
Corpus ID: 27046999
SUMMARY OF APPROACH The approach to surgery in the patient with COPD is summa-rized below. Surgery Definitely indicated Lung…
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Review
1987
Review
1987
Standards for the diagnosis and care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society was adopted by the ATS Board of…
American Review of Respiratory Disease
1987
Corpus ID: 33980779
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are the major causes of pulmonary disability in the United States, with…
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