Research in TB & Pneumonia

Changes in the incidence of seasonal influenza in response
to COVID-19 social distancing measures: an observational study based on Canada’s national influenza surveillance system

Keywords: Seasonal influenza, COVID-19 . Coronavirus, Social distance, Canada

Characteristics of hospital admissions for pneumonia in HIV-positive individuals in Winnipeg, Manitoba a cross-sectional retrospective analysis

Keywords: Human immunodeficiency virus, pneumonia, bronchoalveolar lavage, CURB-65, immunocompromised, Canada

Etiology and the challenge of diagnostic testing of community-acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents

Keywords: Pneumonia, Diagnosis, Etiology, Multiplex PCR, Serology, Induced sputum, Nasopharyngeal swab, Urine antigen, Children

High Incidence of Tuberculosis, Low Sensitivity of Current Diagnostic Scheme and Prolonged Culture Positivity in Four Colombian Prisons. A Cohort Study

Keywords: Tuberculosis in prisons in Colombia

Incidence and Risk Factors Associated with Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Pulmonary Tuberculosis among People Deprived of Liberty in Colombian Prisons

Keywords: LTBI and active tuberculosis in people deprived of liberty

Induced sputum as an adequate clinical specimen for the etiological diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children and adolescents

Keywords: Induced sputum, pneumonia, diagnosis, etiology, children, adolescents

Inflammatory Cell Differentiation and Chemotaxis and Extracellular Tissue Repair Markers Are Correlated with Pulmonary Dysfunction in HIV Infected Individuals Presenting with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Keywords: inflammation, cytokine, lung function, pulmonary dysfunction, HIV, CAP

Is It Possible to Differentiate Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia and Colonization in the Immunocompromised Patients with Pneumonia

Keywords: Quantitative real time PCR; Pneumocystis jirovecii; pneumonia; colonization; bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL); oropharyngeal washes (OW)

Myths and realities about knowledge, attitudes and practices of household contacts of tuberculosis patients

Keywords: Tuberculosis; knowledge; practice; attitudes; household contacts

Transmission and Colonization of Pneumocystis jirovecii

Keywords: Pneumocystis jirovecii; colonization; transmission; natural history; epidemiology

Unique cytokine and chemokine patterns in bronchoalveolar lavage are
associated with specific causative pathogen among HIV infected patients
with pneumonia, in Medellin, Colombia

Keywords: Pneumocystis jirovecii, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, HIV, Pneumonia, Pro-inflammatory cytokines

Usefulness of FTA® cards as a Pneumocystis-DNA
extraction method in bronchoalveolar lavage
samples

Keywords: Pneumocystis jirovecii;
bronchoalveolar lavage;
polymerase chain reaction;
FTA; affinity
chromatography