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Tuberculosis and people who use drugs: why focus on this overlooked population is important and why adapted interventions are necessary.
Lancet Glob Health
January 2025
Pathogenesis and Control of Chronic and Emerging Infections, University of Montpellier, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Montpellier, France. Electronic address:
People who use drugs show a higher incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis than people who do not use drugs in areas where Mycobacterium tuberculosis is endemic. However, this population is largely neglected in national tuberculosis programmes. Strategies for active case finding, screening, and linkage to care designed for the general population are not adapted to the needs of people who use drugs, who are stigmatised and difficult to reach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCharacteristics of children and adolescents with multidrug-resistant and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis and their association with treatment outcomes: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.
Lancet Child Adolesc Health
February 2025
Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Tygerberg, South Africa.
Background: There are few data on the treatment of children and adolescents with multidrug-resistant (MDR) or rifampicin-resistant (RR) tuberculosis, especially with more recently available drugs and regimens. We aimed to describe the clinical and treatment characteristics and their associations with treatment outcomes in this susceptible population.
Methods: We conducted a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.
A Rare Encounter: Tuberculous Pyomyositis in an Immunosuppressed Post-Transplant Patient.
Indian J Med Microbiol
January 2025
Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. Electronic address:
Tuberculous pyomyositis is an uncommon form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). We report a rare case of EPTB in a 34-year-old male post-renal transplant recipient. He presented with pain in the left hip region and fever 9 years after the renal transplantation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTuberculous Osteomyelitis of the Scapular Spine Revealing HIV-1 Infection.
Trop Med Infect Dis
December 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Mohamed VI, Marrakesh, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy FMPM, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh 40000, Morocco.
Tuberculosis is no longer confined to developing nations; it persists as a significant contributor to illness and death on a global scale. The subtle clinical manifestation and association with human immunodeficiency virus infection poses obstacles for early diagnosis and management. Tuberculosis manifesting at extrapulmonary sites is relatively rare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoexistence of immunoglobulin G4-related kidney disease and acute hematogenous disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis: a case report.
Front Immunol
January 2025
Department of Nephrology, Ningbo No.2 Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
Background: Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated fibrous inflammatory disease. Recently, an association between IgG4-RD and tuberculosis (TB) has been reported.
Case Summary: We report a 56-year-old man complaining of a cough and poor appetite for 2 months and oliguria for 1 day.
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