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Comorbidities, drug-resistance and length of hospital stay among tuberculosis inpatients in Northeastern China: a retrospective observational study from 2013 to 2021.
BMC Infect Dis
December 2024
Infectious Disease Hospital of Heilongjiang Province, No. 1 Jian She Street, Hulan District, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150500, China.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health issue. Drug-resistant TB and comorbidities exacerbate its burden, influencing treatment outcomes and healthcare utilization. Despite the growing prevalence of TB comorbidities, research often focuses on single comorbidities rather than comorbidity patterns.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman Exposure to Asbestos in Central Asian Countries and Health Effects: A Narrative Review.
Med Lav
December 2024
Department of Health Sciences; Course of Research Doctorate in Public Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy/Occupational Health Unit, Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital, Milan, Italy.
The discovery of the detrimental effects of asbestos on human health came long after its widespread use, with the first scientific evidence of asbestos-related diseases emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Despite efforts to ban its use, asbestos continues to be mined and used in Central Asia (as well as in Russia, China, and other countries). To gain a deeper understanding of the situation in Central Asia, we have conducted a systematic review of scientific literature on the use of asbestos, exposure assessment, and health consequences of asbestos exposure in this geographic area.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSilicotuberculosis: a critical narrative review.
Eur Respir Rev
October 2024
School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Silicotuberculosis, the combination of silicosis and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), remains a substantial clinical and public health problem in high TB burden countries with silica-exposed workforces. The objectives of this narrative review are to propose a definition of silicotuberculosis which includes post-tuberculous lung disease, to emphasise the importance of understanding how the two diseases modify each other, and to identify as yet unanswered questions relevant to clinical practice and disease control and mitigation. The unique aetiological relationship between silica exposure and TB is now firmly established, as is the accelerated impairment and mortality imposed by TB on individuals with silicosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Mortality due to mesothelioma and asbestosis in Campania Region (Southern Italy): perspectives for reducing asbestos exposure].
Epidemiol Prev
December 2024
Dipartimento di Medicina, Epidemiologia, Igiene del lavoro e ambientale, Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro, Roma.
Objectives: to provide an overview of the geographical distribution of mesothelioma and asbestosis deaths in the Campania Region (Southern Italy) occurred from 2005 to 2018 and to identify areas at higher risk.
Design: for each municipality, Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) for mesothelioma and asbestosis have been estimated from the mortality data provided by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat). Deaths for which mesothelioma and asbestosis were identified as the underlying causes, according to the classification system ICD-10 codes (C45 and J61, respectively), were included.
Risk of mycobacterial infections in a cohort of silicosis patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases.
J Bras Pneumol
December 2024
. Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coracao - InCor - Hospital das Clinicas -HCFMUSP - Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (SP) Brasil.
Objective: To evaluate the incidence rates of mycobacterial infections in silicosis patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (ARD).
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort of silicosis patients between January of 1999 and December of 2023. We compared the incidence of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial disease (NTM) in patients with silicosis with and without ARD.
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