Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Subject "Tuberculosis"
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Predictors of treatment failure among patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis in the tuberculosis clinic in Mulago Hospital: a case control study
(2008)Background: Treatment failure is a threat to the control of tuberculosis (TB) because of its association with Multi Drug Resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) and also because affected patients continue to spread TB. Patients ... -
Prevalence and associated factors of tuberculosis infection among medical and veterinary undergraduate students in Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2011-04)Introduction: Uganda ranks 16th on the list of 22 high-burden tuberculosis (TB) countries in the world. Medical students are likely to have an increased exposure to TB infection due to their training in hospitals compared ... -
The prevalence and factors associated with adrenal insufficiency among patients with sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis admitted to Mulago Hospital
(2009-09)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the common infections which cause adrenal insufficiency in the developing countries. That is why we set out to determine the prevalence and factors associated with adrenal ... -
The prevalence and factors associated with adrenal insufficiency among patients with sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis admitted to Mulago Hospital.
(2009-09)BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the common infections which cause adrenal insufficiency in the developing countries. That is why we set out to determine the prevalence and factors associated with adrenal ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with depressive illness in patients with tuberculosis in Mulago Hospital
Background: Depression is a major cause of the global disease burden and globally affects 350-400 million persons making it the largest contributor to years lived with disability. Among patients with chronic physical ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis among children aged 2 to 59 months presenting with severe pneumonia at Alsabah Children’s Hospital, Juba, South Sudan
(Makerere University, 2019-09)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem at a global level. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018, approximately 10 million people developed TB in 2017, of which 1.0 million (10%) ... -
Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associated factors among HIV infected patients attending the Mulago ISS Clinic
(Makerere University, 2017-10-12)Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be the 3rd leading cause of death worldwide by 2020. Data from Africa indicate that the prevalence of COPD is high (4% to 25%). We sought to determine its ... -
Prevalence, Immunological and Clinical Factors Associated with Malaria Among Patients with Tuberculosis in Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2018-04)Background: Uganda is among the 30 most TB/HIV burdened countries. Similarly, Uganda ranks 9th among the 15 countries that contribute 80% of the global malaria deaths. There is a possibility of a dual infection of malaria ... -
Prevalence, immunological profile, and factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection among adults with diabetes mellitus at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-10)Introduction: The dual epidemic of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) is a growing public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Uganda inclusive. Due to the immunologic dysfunction associated with diabetes ... -
Risks to tuberculosis among freshers in Makerere University Kampala 1970-1974
(1975-03)Tuberculosis has been known to physicians and laymen or centuries. It was mentioned by the posts in their writings. It is now known that tuberculosis is a world wide disease. A conservative estimate of the problem by the ... -
The role of speciation in positive Lowenstein-Jensen culture isolates from a high tuberculosis burden country
(Public Library of Science, 2011-11)Objective: To determine the need for routine speciation of positive Lowenstein-Jensen mycobacterial cultures in HIVinfected patients suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. Methods: ... -
Sputum microRNA profiles of treatment-naïve and patients on antituberculosis therapy in Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2021-03-29)Background: Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death due to a single infectious agent. This is attributed to the limitations of the current diagnostic tests in terms of sensitivity and specificity. ... -
Strain diversity of mycobacterium tuberculosis non-Uganda isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Kawempe
(Makerere University, 2013-05)Background: Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in peri-urban areas of Kampala and Uganda in general. To date there is inconclusive information about strain diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the non ... -
The TB pandemic: an old problem seeking new solutions
(Blackwell, 2007)Meya DB, McAdam KPWJ (Infectious Disease Institute, Kampala, Uganda). The TB pandemic: an old problem seeking new solutions (Review). J Intern Med 2007; 261: 309–329. Tuberculosis (TB) continues to kill more than 2 million ... -
The TB pandemic: an old problem seeking new solutions
(Blackwell, 2007)Tuberculosis (TB) continues to kill more than 2 million people globally each year. Annual TB case notification rates have risen up to fourfold since the mid-1980s, with the highest rate of 1000/100 000 around Cape Town, ... -
Test and treat policy: Effect on ART initiation and retention and health system barriers and facilitators to implementation in AHF Uganda Cares Clinics in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-05)Background: The ‘Test and Treat’ policy was introduced by the WHO in 2015 as a measure to extend the benefits of ART to all HIV positive patients and, in a bid to enable the achievement of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 2030 ... -
Time to and factors associated with incident tuberculosis among PLHIV on ART and isoniazid preventive therapy in selected Kampala public health facilities
(Makerere University, 2023-07-03)Introduction: People Living with HIV (PLHIV) are treated with Isoniazid to lower the risk of incident Tuberculosis disease. In Uganda, routine HIV program data in DHIS2, showed a rising trend of new TB cases in this ... -
Treatment outcomes and factors associated with non-cure of tuberculosis in Wakiso district
(Makerere University, 2018)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) threatens public health all over the world. Uganda has not achieved the international targets for cure rate, treatment completion and default rate. Wakiso district in central part of the country ... -
Treatment success and associated factors among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis attending Kampala Capital City Authority health facilities: A retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022-03)Introduction: TB treatment success remains low in Uganda, below the recommended WHO target with consequences of poor treatment outcome which include; an increase in the prevalence MDR-TB, increased treatment costs and ... -
Tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in countries with limited resources
(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2006)Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection accounts for probably one third of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)related immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) events, particularly in developing countries where HIV ...