Browsing by Subject "Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)"

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    • Coping with TB immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome 

      Worodria, William; Conesa-Botella, Anali; Kisembo, Harriet; McAdam, Keith P.W.J; Colebunders, Robert (Expert Reviews, 2009)
      The TB immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a relatively frequent complication in HIV–TB-coinfected patients after they start highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). There are two forms of TB IRIS: ...

    • The role of speciation in positive Lowenstein-Jensen culture isolates from a high tuberculosis burden country 

      Worodria, William; Anderson, Julian; Cattamanchi, Adithya; Davis, J. Lucian; Boon, Saskia Den; Andama, Alfred; Yoo, Samuel D.; Joloba, Moses; Huang, Laurence; Kato-Maeda, Midori (Public Library of Science, 2011-11)
      Objective: To determine the need for routine speciation of positive Lowenstein-Jensen mycobacterial cultures in HIVinfected patients suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. Methods: ...

    • The TB pandemic: an old problem seeking new solutions 

      Meya, David. B; McAdam, K. P. W. J (Blackwell, 2007)
      Tuberculosis (TB) continues to kill more than 2 million people globally each year. Annual TB case notification rates have risen up to fourfold since the mid-1980s, with the highest rate of 1000/100 000 around Cape Town, ...