Background: Tuberculin skin tests (TST) are long established screening methods for tuberculosis (TB). We aimed to compare Mantoux test (a TST) in smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis adults and control subjects. From January to December 2015, 131 patients with smear positive pul...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34166
Introduction: The prevalence of rifampicin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide induced elevations in serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels were compared in a cohort of Nigerians with and without HIV seropositivity. Methods: Records of all the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (2...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19448
Background: This study, undertaken in a major tertiary hospital in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, was designed to examine the incidence of lower lung field tuberculosis in HIV infected and uninfected patients, and in diabetic patients as well as their AFB status and outcome o...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13872