... behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Tuberculosis in Liver Transplant Recipients: A
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of
Individual Patient Data
Jon-Erik ... same data from
a single patient, we included these data only once in our
analyses.
For each included case of MTB infection, we ab-
stracted da...
... duration and case
fatality of tuberculosis are key parameters in interpreting epidemiological data.
Methodology and Principal Findings:
To estimate the duration and case fatality of untreated pulmonary ... susceptible and resistant, in
HIV-positive patients, most of whom live in Sub-Sahara Africa,
where adequate diagnosis and treatment is unavailable in many
(espec...
... teachers interviewed by Pinsky
et al. (1998) reflective practice was integral in planning and anticipation of teaching, in
responding (in action) to dynamic changes in the teaching encounter, and ... study quality and findings.
Because of the early stage of development in this area, qualitative and exploratory
research approaches are appropriate to use to develop general...
... Approximately half of the
world’s population uses coal and biomass, in the form of
wood, animal dung, crop residues, and charcoal as cooking
and heating fuels especially in Africa and Asia. Given ... 1,200 adult patients
(434 inpatients and 766
outpatients) and 979
controls (588 minor
trauma outpatients and
391 surgical inpatients)
Current smoking All TB identified throu...
... 1H-2-oxoquinoline
(2-hydroxyquinoline) from quinoline [1,2]. Besides quino-
line, some quinoline derivatives and the benzodiazines
quinazoline and quinoxaline are accepted as substrates [1,3].
Like other enzymes catalysing ... putida host strains results in the forma-
tion of catalytically competent enzyme.
Materials and methods
Plasmids, bacterial strains and growth conditions
Pl...
... carci-
noma of the cervix. Elevated levels are also found in
between 24% and 53% of patients with squamous cell car-
cinomas of the head and neck, esophagus, and lung, and
also in between 8% and 42% of ... inhibin A and B.
Duetothediversestudydesignsandconditionsanduse
of different assay methods with differ ent intr a- and inter-
assay coefficients of variatio...
... (such as sparse data, etc.) accord-
ing to the GRADE approach.
5.3 DATA EXTRACTIO N
Reviewers extracted data from the studies included using a standard form. Not all arti-
cles were extracted in ... to antimalarials
and antibiotics. In Manandhar (2004), LHWs facilitated meetings where local perinatal
health problems were identified and local strategies formulated to promote...
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patients and practitioners in private clinics in India.
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324–329.
Wares DF, Singh ... S, Acharya AK et al. (2003) Non-adherence to
tuberculosis treatment in the eastern Tarai of Nepal. Interna-
tional Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 7, 327–335...
... 34. Cattamanchi A, Smith R, Steingart KR, et al. Interferon-gamma release
assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected
individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ... 64:847–53.
38. Kabeer BSA, Sikhamani R, Swaminathan S, Perumal V, Paramasivam
P, Raja A. Role of interferon gamma release assay in active TB diagnosis
among HIV infected...