... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2025 EBUS-TBNA Tuberculosis Mediastinal lymph nodes Case report A 36-year-old...

...; Nicolas Schönfeld; Tom Schaberg Based on the assessment of new evidence, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its guidelines for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in December 2022. The new recommendations and the latest study data made it necessary to update the existing guideline...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2024 Bronchoscopy Endosonography Granuloma Sarcoidosis ILD Tuberculosis...

...Aida F. Martinez; Zachary Tom; David W. Hsia; Janine Vintch; Nathan Yee Introduction: Pulmonary infections, such as tuberculosis, can result in numerous pleural complications including empyemas, pneumothoraces with broncho-pleural fistulas, and persistent air leak (PAL). While definitive surgical...

...Nathalie Gasser; Nora Fritschi; Jean-Marie Egger; Nicole Ritz; Otto D. Schoch; Jean-Pierre Zellweger Background: Children exposed to a tuberculosis (TB) index case are at risk of TB infection and disease. Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the proportion of child contacts who...

...Michele Mondoni; Laura Saderi; Mariangela Valentina Puci; Sabrina De Pascalis; Beatrice Re; Stefano Centanni; Giovanni Sotgiu Background: Lymphadenopathy is one of the most prevalent clinical manifestations of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Endosonography is the recommended technique...

...Jessica M Aguilar Diaz; Ahmed A Abulfathi; Lindsey HM te Brake; Jakko van Ingen; Saskia Kuipers; Cecile Magis-Escurra; Jelmer Raaijmakers; Elin M Svensson; Martin J Boeree Although tuberculosis (TB) is preventable and curable, the lengthy treatment (generally 6 months), poor patient adherence, high...

...Shima M. Abdulgader; Anna O. Okunola; Gcobisa Ndlangalavu; Byron W.P. Reeve; Brian W. Allwood; Coenraad F.N. Koegelenberg; Rob M. Warren; Grant Theron New tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics are at a crossroads: their development, evaluation, and implementation is severely damaged by resource diversion...

... bacteria at increased risk of complications and death. The growing costs for diagnosis and management of drug resistance threaten tuberculosis control where the disease is endemic and resources limited. Bacteriophages are viruses that attack bacteria. Phage preparations served as anti-infective agents long...

...Nora Fritschi; Axel J. Schmidt; Jürg Hammer; Nicole Ritz; Swiss pediatric surveillance unit Background: In Europe, surveillance and monitoring of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains important, particularly in the light of migration in recent years. The aim of the study was to evaluate incidence...

...Gunar Günther; Jan Heyckendorf; Jean Pierre Zellweger; Maja Reimann; Mareli Claassens; Dumitru Chesov; Frank van Leth Untreated active tuberculosis (TB) has a very high long-term mortality. Treatment of TB reduces mortality dramatically and should maximize cure, preventing ongoing transmission...

...Jean-Pierre Zellweger; Ariane Zellweger-Landry; Jean-Marie Egger; Annette Koller-Doser; Axel Jeremias Schmidt Background: Asylum seekers in Switzerland have to register in federal asylum centres (FACs) before formal permission to enter the country. Some of them may have active tuberculosis (TB...

...Amanda Beukes; Jane Alexandra Shaw; Andreas H. Diacon; Elvis M. Irusen; Coenraad F.N. Koegelenberg In high-burden settings, the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) is frequently inferred in patients who present with lymphocyte predominant exudative effusions and high adenosine deaminase (ADA...

... receiving antituberculous treatment. Fluoroquinolone-associated joint pain and tendon injury have been reported in long-term corticosteroid and transplant recipients, but data are lacking in patients with tuberculosis. Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the incidence of joint pain...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pleuroscopy Pleural biopsy Pleural effusion Cryoprobe Lung cancer Tuberculosis Medical thoracoscopy is the preferred investigation for evaluating pleural effusions, which remain undiagnosed after pleural fluid examination...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Endosonography EBUS-TBNA Tuberculosis Granuloma Sarcoidosis...

...Srinivas Rajagopala; Roopa Kancherla; Ramanathan Palaniappan Ramanathan Tuberculosis (TB) is a rare cause of chylothorax. We describe a case and the results of a systematic review of all reported cases of TB-chylothorax. We identified 37 cases of TB-chylothorax. The symptoms at presentation were...

...Cristiano Carbonelli; Ernesto Giuffreda; Antonio Palmiotti; Domenico Loizzi; Filippo Lococo; Elisiana Carpagnano; Donato Lacedonia; Francesco Sollitto; Maria Pia Foschino Necrotizing granulomatous diseases of the lungs are usually dependent on a narrow range of differential diagnoses. Tuberculosis...

... and mortality worldwide. Tuberculosis, a major cause of chronic pulmonary infection, is currently responsible for approximately 1.5 million deaths per year. Although important advances in the fight against tuberculosis have been made, the progress towards eradication of this disease is being challenged...

...Sermin Borekci; Ersan Atahan; Deniz Demir Yilmaz; Nejdiye Mazıcan; Berna Duman; Yesim Ozguler; Benan Musellim; Vedat Hamuryudan; Gul Ongen Background: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitors are known to increase the risk of tuberculosis (TB). Objectives: To examine the factors associated...