Risk score models are simple scoring systems that map patient characteristics to the probability of an outcome occurring. These models are popular with clinicians because …
Background: During adolescence, childhood and adult forms of tuberculosis (TB) overlap, resulting in diverse disease manifestations. Knowing which patient characteristics are associated with which manifestations …
Background. Ukraine has one of the highest burdens of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) in the world, and since 2014, the country has been involved in an …
IMPORTANCE Shifting from inpatient to outpatient tuberculosis treatment is an important step in improving access to care for TB patients. Furthermore, this transition contributes to …
Why don't old and new democracies immediately respond to health epidemics? And especially within large, highly decentralized federations, why don't central governments create effective bureaucratic …
Rationale: While the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in New Mexico (NM) is consistently lower than in rest of the United States, the case fatality rate …
Background: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. While the national incidence of TB …
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) treatment in most countries is through ambulatory care, but in Ukraine, children and adolescents are hospitalized for the entirety of their TB …
Abstract of The Impact of Prolonged Isolation among Adolescents with Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a Qualitative Study, by Victoria E. Oliva Rapoport, Degree ScM., …
Background: Every year 3-4 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) go undetected by current case finding methods. To decrease this gap, expanded contact investigation approaches will …