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Anti-Mycobacterial Activity of Medicinal Plant Extracts Used in the Treatment of Tuberculosis by Traditional Medicine Practitioners in Uganda
(Pharmacology & Pharmacy, 2023)
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health challenge and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. TB is preventable and curable. However, treatment of tuberculosis has continued to be difficult as a result of rapid ...
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in a High TB-HIV Environment Using Microscopy and Culture-the Example of Kakiika Prison-Kyamugorani, Mbarara, Uganda
(Journal of Science and Technology, 2016)
There is growing concern about the high transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons posing a risk to the outside community. There are high levels of overcrowding in the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) with some prisons ...
Unmasking Higher-than-Expected Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in Respiratory Samples from US born Patients in a Safety Net Hospital in Boston.
(2020)
The recent description of sequential inflammatory stages characterizing early tuberculosis (TB) disease and reports of disease caused by differentially culturable M. tuberculosis have significantly complicated the diagnostic ...
Detection and Quantification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Sputum of Culture-Negative HIV-infected Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects: A Proof-of-Concept Study
(PLoS ONE, 2016)
Rationale: Rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is critical for timely initiation of treatment and interruption of transmission. Yet, despite recent advances, many patients remain undiagnosed. Culture, usually ...
Tuberculosis at the animal–human interface in the Ugandan cattle corridor using a third-generation sequencing platform: a cross-sectional analysis study
(BMJ open, 2019)
Introduction; Mycobacterial diseases are a significant source of disease burden, with Mycobacterium tuberculosis being the most common infectious cause of death worldwide. Given this, the emergence of antibiotic resistance ...
Feasibility for Same Day Tuberculosis Diagnosis Using the Smear Microscopy Approach in Rural South Western Uganda
(Advances in Research, 2015)
Background: WHO recently recommended the collection of two sputum smears and that these specimens can be collected in an accelerated scheme called front-loaded or same-day microscopy.
We studied the feasibility of same ...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis mixed infections and drug resistance in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
(African Health Sciences,, 2022)
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa, is a region that records high rates of TB infection. Mycobacterium tuberculosis mixed strain infection, especially when the strains involved are of different susceptibilities, is an area of ...