The only study providing prevalence data for all forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis reported a prevalence of 43.5% among tuberculosis cases in Larach Province. Treatment success rates ranged from 64 ...

Background: Even though commercial nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) have become the most frequently used molecular tests for laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), published ...

Large businesses in Northamptonshire are increasingly exposed to cyberattacks, with fresh data showing a clear link between company size and breach frequency – but experts are warning that ...

Novel secondary organic aerosol (SOA) products from the monoterpene α-pinene with unique dimer-forming properties have been identified as lactone-containing terpenoic acids, i.e., terpenylic and ...

Persistence of Mtb bioaerosol positivity was observed in ~30% of participants irrespective of TB chemotherapy. Captured Mtb bacilli were predominantly acid-fast stain-negative and poorly culturable; ...

Fast selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide with ammonia (NH 3 -SCR) (2NH 3 + NO 2 + NO → 2N 2 + 3H 2 O) has aroused great interest in recent years because it is inherently faster than the ...

Both bacteria appeared acid-fast by Ziehl–Neelsen stain and Gram-positive by Gram stain. The identification was performed by MALDI-TOF MS and gene analysis. N. brasiliensis and nontuberculous ...

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Tuberculosis treatment is shortened to six months by the indispensable addition of pyrazinamide (PZA) to the drug regimen that includes isoniazid and rifampin1,2. PZA is a pro-drug of pyrazinoic ...