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Travel Med Infect Dis
January 2025
Pediatrics and emergency department, Hospital Jean VERDIER, Avenue du 14 juillet, Bondy, FRANCE.
Introduction: The return of foreign fighters's children whose parents joined the so called « islamic state » in the Iraq-Syrian area, had been a very controversial topic. Since 2017, a national procedure in France has been designed to coordinate their care, including a systematic pediatric medical assessment.
Methods: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the prevalence rate of diseases diagnosed at their arrival in France.
Tuberculosis (Edinb)
January 2025
Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, USA.
Bovine tuberculosis is mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is an attenuated strain of M. bovis which provides variable disease protection.
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January 2025
School of Veterinary Medicine, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Early and accurate diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is key to effective outbreak management, and in humans thoracic radiography is used extensively for screening purposes. In wildlife TB radiography is a relatively accessible diagnostic tool, particularly in under-resourced settings, however its use is limited by body size. Sun bears are susceptible to human-associated TB, and their small body size makes thoracic radiography feasible.
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December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Tuberculous (TB) spondylitis, also known as Pott's disease, was first described by Percivall Pott in 1779. The diagnosis of TB spondylitis is often delayed because of the non-specific nature of the infection, which can lead to severe consequences. Differential diagnosis is especially critical in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy who present with lymph node or bone metastasis.
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December 2024
Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) accounts for 85% of all reported tuberculosis cases globally. Extrapulmonary involvement can occur in isolation or along with a pulmonary focus as in the case of patients with disseminated tuberculosis (TB). EPTB can occur through hematogenous, lymphatic, or localized bacillary dissemination from a primary source, such as PTB and affects the brain, eye, mouth, tongue, lymph nodes of neck, spine, bones, muscles, skin, pleura, pericardium, gastrointestinal, peritoneum and the genitourinary system as primary and/or disseminated disease.
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