BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is a major public health concern resulting in high rates of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Tuberculosis requires a long and intensive course of treatment. Thus, various approaches, including patient empowerment, education and counselling sessions, and involvement of family members and community workers, have been sugg...

BACKGOUND All newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients in the Netherlands should be screened for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and offered preventive therapy if infected without evidence of active tuberculosis. This guideline, endorsed by the national professional body of HIV physicians is in line with international recommendations, and based on the increased risk of progression from LTBI t...

Developing countries shoulder most of the burden of diabetes and tuberculosis. These diseases often coexist. Suboptimal control of diabetes predisposes the patient to tuberculosis, and is one of the common causes of poor response to anti-tubercular treatment. Tuberculosis also affects diabetes by causing hyperglycemia and causing impaired glucose tolerance. Impaired glucose tolerance is one of ...

Background—The guidelines on control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. Methods—A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee (JTC) of the British Thoracic Society to revise the guidelines published in 1994 by the JTC, including representatives of the Royal College of Nursing, Public Health Medicine Environmental Group, and Me...

Background—The guidelines on control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. Methods—A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee (JTC) of the British Thoracic Society to revise the guidelines published in 1994 by the JTC, including representatives of the Royal College of Nursing, Public Health Medicine Environmental Group, and Me...

background: pulmonary tuberculosis is still the most common form of tuberculosis in hiv infected patients having differ­ent presentations according to the degree of immunosuppression. this study appraised the impact of hiv infection on clini­cal, laboratory and radiological presentations of tuberculosis. methods: the clinical, laboratory and radiological presentations of pulmonary tb in 56 hiv-...

Background—The guidelines on control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. Methods—A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee (JTC) of the British Thoracic Society to revise the guidelines published in 1994 by the JTC, including representatives of the Royal College of Nursing, Public Health Medicine Environmental Group, and Me...

Background—The guidelines on control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. Methods—A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee (JTC) of the British Thoracic Society to revise the guidelines published in 1994 by the JTC, including representatives of the Royal College of Nursing, Public Health Medicine Environmental Group, and Me...

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Background—The guidelines on control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom have been reviewed and updated. Methods—A subcommittee was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee (JTC) of the British Thoracic Society to revise the guidelines published in 1994 by the JTC, including representatives of the Royal College of Nursing, Public Health Medicine Environmental Group, and Me...