Anton Ghon is well known in the field of childhood tuberculosis, and the tuberculosis primary focus and complex are frequently called the Ghon focus and complex; this is largely the result o...
We sought to explore the evolutionary history ofMycobacterium tuberculosis Latin American & Mediterranean (L4.3/LAM) sublineage in Tunisia where it predominates.We carried out high-resol...
Salmonellosis and listeriosis together accounted for more than one third of foodborne illnesses in the United States and almost half the hospitalizations for gastrointestinal diseases in 201...
Tuberculosis remains a public health issue worldwide. Identifying its risk factors, such as vitamin D deficiency, is mandatory so as to target the preventive strategies. We aimed to study th...
Plectranthus madagascariensis (Pers.) Benth. is an indigenous aromatic South African plant species that are traditionally used to treat various dermatological and respiratory ailments.Three ...
Linezolid presents strong antimicrobial activity against multidrug-resistant (MDR) pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), whereas its application in osteoarticular tuberculosis treatment remains under...
The lengthy TB chemotherapeutic regimen, resulting in the emergence of drug resistance strains, poses a serious problem in the cure of the disease. Further, one-quarter of the world's popula...
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a severe form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and its early diagnosis is very difficult leading to present with severe disability or die. The current study aim...
Infections are one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SLE patients have a higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection du...
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are an innate-like T cell subset important in the early response to bacterial and viral lung pathogens. MAIT cells recognize bacterial small molec...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), causes serious respiratory illness manifesting as pneumonia, adult respiratory distress syndrome and respiratory failure. Amidst the rising number of cas...
Vaccination of goats against tuberculosis (TB) has been promoted as an ancillary tool for controlling the disease in infected livestock herds. A three-year trial to assess the efficacy of BC...
Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency. Most commonly it is a result of luminal occlusion that leads to ischaemia and eventually to perforation with resultant localised or diffus...
The impact of different gold nanoparticles (GNPs) structures on the plasmonic enhancement for DNA detection is investigated on a few-layer graphene (FLG) surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sens...
US-bound refugees undergo required health assessments overseas to identify and treat communicable diseases of public health significance-such as pulmonary tuberculosis-before migration. Immu...
The growth of chain pharmacies in India, and other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), is challenging the status quo of pharmacy retail markets which have historically been dominated b...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most important infectious disease worldwide, based on the number of new cases and deaths reported by the World Health Organization. Several vaccine candidates agains...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in prevalence in resource-limited settings in Asia. Although the prevalence of IBD is lower in these settings than in high-income countries, th...
The resistance to first-line drugs can increase the risk of treatment failure and development of resistance to other anti-TB drugs. In TB endemic settings, a considerable rate of recurrence ...
Steroid is known to cause generalized immunosuppression, thereby increasing the risk of new infection or recurrence of tuberculosis. However, corticosteroid as a culprit for exacerbation of ...
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