Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Subject "Pulmonary tuberclosis"
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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 ... -
A cost effectiveness analysis of pulmonary tuberculosis case finding strategies among high risk communities in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2017)Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major global health risk and Sub-Saharan Africa carries the greatest TB burden. Prompt identification and treatment of new TB cases are important in TB control. To improve TB case ... -
Factors associated with health seeking behaviour of pulmonary tuberculosis patients at Mulago National Referral Tuberculosis Treatment Centre.
(2002-06)SETTING: The study was carried out at Mulago National Referral Tuberculosis Treatment Centre, Kampala, Uganda, East Africa. OBJECTIVE: The study aimed at assessing factors associated with the health-seeking behavior of ... -
The impact of HIV status on diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Mbale District.
(2002)SETTING: This study was carried out in Mbale regional hospital wghich is found on the eastern part of the country. It was a hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive study of newly diagnosed PTB patients aged 15 years ... -
Infection of multiple strains of micobacterium tuberculosis using MIRU-VNTR in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganmda
(BioMed Central, 2010)Background: Many studies using DNA fingerprinting to differentiate Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains reveal single strains in cultures, suggesting that most disease is caused by infection with a single strain. ... -
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 use of Genotype MTBDRplus assay to assess drug resistance of microbacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in rural Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2010)Background: Drug resistance levels and patterns among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from newly diagnosed and previously treated tuberculosis patients in Mbarara Uganda were investigated. Methods: We enrolled, ... -
Validity of symptoms of Tuberculosis and factors Predictive of Culture-positive Pulmonary tuberculosis among adults with presumptive symptoms of Tuberculosis in a Ugandan Clinic
(Makerere University, 2019)Abstract Background: The WHO TB symptoms screening algorithm including cough, unexplained weight loss, night sweats, fevers, chest pain and hemoptysis has been found to have a validity (sensitivity and specificity) of ...