P. O. Ikuabe

Comparison of Mantoux Reactivity in Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Adults and Controls in Yenagoa, Nigeria

P. O. Ikuabe, J. Jumbo, I. D. Ebuenyi & E. A. Solomon · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2017

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34166

Lower Lung Field Tuberculosis: Observation from Yenagoa, Nigeria

P. O. Ikuabe, J. Jumbo, I. D. Ebuenyi & Z. Ogoinja · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2014

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13872