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The effect of bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination at birth on tuberculin skin test reactivity in Ugandan children
(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 1999)
SETTING: In Uganda, bacille-Calmette Guérin (BCG) vaccination coverage at birth is between 82 and 84%. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of neonatal BCG vaccination on tuberculin skin test positivity in Ugandan children ...
Evaluation of suspected tuberculous pleurisy: clinical and diagnostic findings in HIV-1-positive and HIV-negative adults in Uganda
(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2001-04)
SETTING: National Tuberculosis Treatment Centre, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. OBJECTIVES: To compare clinical and radiographic presentation, and diagnostic methods, in adults with tuberculous pleurisy who are negative ...
Tuberculosis in household contacts of infectious cases in Kampala, Uganda
(2003)
Tuberculosis remains a serious threat to public health, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. To determine the host and environmental factors responsible for tuberculosis in African households, the authors performed a prospective ...
The effect of AIDS defining conditions on immunological recovery among patients initiating antiretroviral therapy at Joint Clinical Research Centre, Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2009-07-24)
Background: Many HIV-infected patients only access health care once they have developed advanced symptomatic disease resulting from AIDS Defining Conditions (ADCs). We carried out a study to establish the effect of ADCs ...
Burden of tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda
(World Health Organization (WHO), 2008)
Objective: To determine the prevalence and incidence of tuberculosis in one of Uganda’s poor peri-urban areas. Methods: Multi-stage sampling was used to select a sample of households whose members were evaluated for presence ...
The diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis in an HIV-endemic setting and the use of induced sputum
(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2005)
Setting: A hospital in the capital city of Uganda. Objectives: To determine the proportion of positive induced sputum cultures among probable childhood tuberculosis (TB) cases, to describe the laboratory and radiological ...