Browsing by Subject "Mycobacterium tuberculosis"

The -938C>A polymorphism in MYD88 is associated with susceptibility to tuberculosis: A pilot study

Aggelou K., Siapati E.K., Gerogianni I., Daniil Z., Gourgoulianis K., Ntanos I., Simantirakis E., Zintzaras E., Mollaki V., Vassilopoulos G. (2016)

Introduction. Tuberculosis (TB) is a major disease worldwide, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection.The Toll- Like Receptor (TLR) pathway plays a crucial role in the recognition of MTB. Aim. The present study ...

Bilateral Pleural Effusion in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Think Beyond the Obvious

Dimeas I.E., Sinis S.I., Dimeas G.E., Daniil Z. (2022)

An 86-year-old woman, non-smoker, with a medical history of rheumatoid arthritis for 20 years (stable at 5mg of prednisolone) was referred from a peripheral hospital to the Department of Respiratory Medicine of our tertiary ...

The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1 Report 3: Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Diagnosis and Management of Tubercular Uveitis: Global Trends

Agarwal A., Agrawal R., Gunasekaran D.V., Raje D., Gupta B., Aggarwal K., Murthy S.L., Westcott M., Chee S.P., McCluskey P., Ling H.S., Teoh S., Cimino L., Biswas J., Narain S., Agarwal M., Mahendradas P., Khairallah M., Jones N., Tugal-Tutkun I., Babu K., Basu S., Carreño E., Lee R., Al-Dhibi H., Bodaghi B., Invernizzi A., Goldstein D.A., Herbort C.P., Barisani-Asenbauer T., González-López J.J., Androudi S., Bansal R., Moharana B., Mahajan S., Esposti S., Tasiopoulou A., Nadarajah S., Agarwal M., Abraham S., Vala R., Singh R., Sharma A., Sharma K., Zierhut M., Kon O.M., Cunningham E., Nguyen Q.D., Pavesio C., Gupta V. (2019)

Purpose: To analyze the role of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of ocular fluids in management of tubercular (TB) anterior, intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis. Methods: In Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study ...

Could IFN-γ predict the development of residual pleural thickening in tuberculous pleurisy?

Gerogianni, I.; Papala, M.; Tsopa, P.; Zigoulis, P.; Dimoulis, A.; Kostikas, K.; Kiropoulos, T.; Gourgoulianis, K. I. (2008)

Could IFN-γ predict the development of residual pleural thickening tuberculous pleurisy? I. Gerogianni, M. Papala, P. Tsopa, P. Zigoulis, A. Dimoulis, K. Kostikas, T. Kiropoulos, KI Gourgoulianis. Background. The aim of ...

Discrimination of exudative pleural effusions based on pleural adenosine deaminase (Ada)-c-reactive protein (crp) levels, and their combination: An observational prospective study

Perlepe G., Varsamas C., Petinaki E., Antonopoulos D., Daniil Z., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2021)

(1) Background: Malignant (MPE), parapneumonic (PPE) and tuberculous (TPE) pleural effusions constitute common causes of pleurisy. Discriminating among them is usually challenging. C-reactive protein (CRP) and adenosine ...

Endophthalmitis in HIV Infection

Tsirouki T., Steffen J., Dastiridou A., Praidou A., Androudi S. (2020)

Purpose: The role of HIV infection in exogenous and endogenous endophthalmitis has not been clarified. We aim to assess the potential role of HIV as a risk factor or a poor prognostic feature in this sight-threatening ...

Epigenetic regulation of apoptosis via the PARK7 interactome in peripheral blood mononuclear cells donated by tuberculosis patients vs. healthy controls and the response to treatment: A systems biology approach

Vavougios G.D., Zarogiannis S.G., Krogfelt K.A., Stamoulis G., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2020)

Aims: The aims of our study were to determine for the first time differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and enriched molecular pathways involving the PARK7 interactome in PBMCs donated from tuberculosis patients. Methods: ...

Female genital tuberculosis: A review

Neonakis, I. K.; Spandidos, D. A.; Petinaki, E. (2011)

Female genital tuberculosis is an uncommon type of tuberculosis that can lead to infertility. The present review describes the disease, reports available epidemiological data, and focuses on examinations and procedures ...

Hematogenous spinal infection in Central Greece

Sakkas, L. I.; Davas, E. M.; Kapsalaki, E.; Boulbou, M.; Makaritsis, K.; Alexiou, I.; Tsikrikas, T.; Stathakis, N. (2009)

STUDY DESIGN.: We retrospectively analyzed spinal infection (SpI), in a teaching Hospital, in Central Greece. OBJECTIVE.: To study presentation, etiology, and outcome of SpI in Central Greece. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA.: ...

Hierarchical true prevalence, risk factors and clinical symptoms of tuberculosis among suspects in Bangladesh

Khan M.K., Islam MdN., Hassan J., Paul S.K., Islam M.A., Pateras K., Kostoulas P., Ward M.P., Rahman A.K.M.A., Alam MdM. (2022)

Background The study was aimed to estimate the true prevalence of human tuberculosis (TB); identify risk factors and clinical symptoms of TB; and detect rifampicin (RIF) sensitivity in three study areas of Bangladesh. ...

Index of Suspicion

Nazarian; Kaditis, A. G.; Papadimitriou, E.; Alexopoulos, E.; Skenteris, N.; Gidvani, V. K.; Crouch, G.; Pino, J.; Baptist, E. C.; Deol, K. K.; Nageswaran, S.; Glock, M. S.; Hill, I. D.; Ermis, B.; Ors, R.; Kardas, F. (2004)

Isolation and identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria from hospitalized patients and drinking water samples—examination of their correlation by chemometrics

Dovriki E., Gerogianni I., Petinaki E., Hadjichristodoulou C., Papaioannou A., Gourgoulianis K. (2016)

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been found to be widely dispersed in the environment and are being considered potentially pathogenic for humans and animals, while reports of their human to human transmission are ...

Miliary tuberculosis with no pulmonary involvement in myelodysplastic syndromes: A curable, yet rarely diagnosed, disease: Case report and review of the literature

Neonakis, I. K.; Alexandrakis, M. G.; Gitti, Z.; Tsirakis, G.; Krambovitis, E.; Spandidos, D. A. (2008)

Background: Although tuberculosis is not uncommon among patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), only a few reports of such patients suffering from miliary tuberculosis (MT) exist. MT often presents as a fever of ...

Molecular Basis of Resistance to First-Line Drugs of Mycobacterium tuberculosis/canettii Strains in Greece

Florou Z., Mavroidi A., Vatidis G., Daniil Z., Gourgoulianis K., Petinaki E. (2021)

The aim of this study was to determine the rate and the mutations of genes involved to the first-line antituberculous drugs' resistance of M. tuberculosis/canettii isolated in Central Greece from 2010 to 2019. During the ...

A multicentre evaluation of the accuracy and performance of IP-10 for the diagnosis of infection with M. tuberculosis

Ruhwald, M.; Dominguez, J.; Latorre, I.; Losi, M.; Richeldi, L.; Pasticci, M. B.; Mazzolla, R.; Goletti, D.; Butera, O.; Bruchfeld, J.; Gaines, H.; Gerogianni, I.; Tuuminen, T.; Ferrara, G.; Eugen-Olsen, J.; Ravn, P. (2011)

IP-10 has potential as a diagnostic marker for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with comparable accuracy to QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-IT). The aims were to assess the sensitivity and specificity of ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among high school students in Greece

Hadjichristodoulou, C.; Vasilogiannakopoulos, A.; Spala, G.; Mavrou, I.; Kolonia, V.; Marinis, E.; Syriopoulou, V.; Theodoridou, M. (2005)

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the requirements and practical steps for screening of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) transmission among high school student populations in two regional high schools ...

Necessity of co-operation between pulmonologists and internists in tuberculous pleurisy diagnosis

Zouridis S., Kotsiou O.S., Gerogianni I., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2019)

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New mutations in gidB gene associated with streptomycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Greece

Florou Z., Gerogianni I., Gourgoulianis K., Petinaki E. (2021)

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Pulmonary infection by Rhodococcus equi presenting with positive Ziehl-Neelsen stain in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus: A case report

Spiliopoulou, A.; Assimakopoulos, S. F.; Foka, A.; Kolonitsiou, F.; Lagadinou, M.; Petinaki, E.; Anastassiou, E. D.; Spiliopoulou, I.; Marangos, M. (2014)

Introduction: Patients with human immunodeficiency virus carry a significant risk of contracting opportunistic infections. The worldwide increased incidence of tuberculosis has instituted pulmonary tuberculosis as an ...

Synthesis of diphenoxyadamantane alkylamines with pharmacological interest

Georgiadis M.-O., Kourbeli V., Ioannidou V., Karakitsios E., Papanastasiou I., Tsotinis A., Komiotis D., Vocat A., Cole S.T., Taylor M.C., Kelly J.M. (2019)

In this work, the synthesis and the pharmacological evaluation of diphenoxyadamantane alkylamines Ia–f and IIa–f is described. The new diphenoxy-substituted adamantanes share structural features present in trypanocidal and ...