Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "tuberculosis"
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Oral Tuberculosis in a Patient With Rheumatoid Arthritis After Long Treatment With Methotrexate and Adalimumab
(2010)The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors has been associated with an increased risk of tuberculosis (TB). Most patients have extrapulmonary disease. We describe a ... -
Reduction in Hospitalizations for Respiratory Diseases during the First COVID-19 Wave in Greece
(2021)Introduction: During the first COVID-19 wave, a considerable decline in hospital admissions was observed worldwide. Aim: This retrospective cohort study aimed to assess if there were any changes in the number of patients ... -
Reporting guidelines for diagnostic accuracy studies that use Bayesian latent class models (STARD-BLCM)
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Risk Assessment of Tuberculosis in Immunocompromised Patients A TBNET Study
(2014)Rationale: In the absence of active tuberculosis, a positive tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) result defines latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, although test results may ... -
Royal disease (Vasilios nósos): Substantiating one of the names of tuberculosis in Greek, from “Atakta” dictionary by Adamantios Korais, (1832-1835)
(2022)The purpose of the present article is to substantiate the Greek name of Βασίλειoς νόσoς (Vasilios nósos) about tu-berculosis, with the analysis of what Adamantios Korais mentions about scrofula in his dictionary “Atakta”. ... -
Sestrin-2 is significantly increased in malignant pleural effusions due to lung cancer and is potentially secreted by pleural mesothelial cells
(2016)Objectives: Sestrin-2 (Sesn2) belongs to a family of highly conserved antioxidant proteins that were discovered as p53-inducible proteins and inhibits cell growth and proliferation. Our aim was to assess the levels of Sesn2 ... -
Susceptibility to leishmaniasis is affected by host SLC11A1 gene polymorphisms: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2019)Leishmaniases are cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral diseases affecting humans and domesticated animals mostly in the tropical and subtropical areas of the planet. Host genetics have been widely investigated for their ... -
Tuberculous pyomyositis: A re-emerging entity of many faces
(2016)Tuberculosis (TB) has become a global concern due to its increasing incidence, particularly in immunocompromised patients, closely following the migratory patterns of populations. TB pyomyositis is a rare extrapulmonary ... -
Upadacitinib tartrate in rheumatoid arthritis
(2020)does not achieve low disease activity or remission despite the use of conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) and/or biological DMARDs (bDMARDs). The Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are the ... -
Venous thromboembolic disease in chronic inflammatory lung diseases: Knowns and unknowns
(2021)Persistent inflammation within the respiratory tract underlies the pathogenesis of numerous chronic pulmonary diseases. There is evidence supporting that chronic lung diseases are associated with a higher risk of venous ... -
Whole-blood interferon-gamma assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in an unselected Greek population
(2008)Background and objective: Although QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) has been approved for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), there are limited data regarding its performance in routine clinical practice. The ...