Sökning: "Active tuberculosis"

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  1. 1. Impact of aerosol dwell time on the survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Författare :Grisna Isabel Prensa; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : The airborne pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB) and claims about 1.6 million deaths annually (WHO, 2022). LÄS MER

  3. 2. Population Pharmacokinetics of Linezolid for Optimization of the Treatment for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaci

    Författare :Viktor Hansen; [2022]
    Nyckelord :tuberculosis; drug resistance; pharmacometrics; pharmacokinetics; pop-pk; south africa; non linear mixed effects modelling; nlme;

    Sammanfattning : Tuberculosis is one the leading causes of death globally and was before the COVID-19 pandemic the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Developing active tuberculosis is life threatening and therefore is the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis alarming as this risk causing current treatments to become ineffective. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Development of a Prototype GeneXpert Assay for Blood-Based Tuberculosis Case Finding

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Proteinvetenskap

    Författare :Kevin Siu; [2021]
    Nyckelord :GeneXpert assay; qPCR; Tuberculosis diagnostics; mRNA biomarkers; Active tuberculosis; Latent tuberculosis; Tuberculosis case finding; End-TB strategy;

    Sammanfattning : En 10-plex GeneXpert analysmetod för diagnos av M. Tuberculosis infektion samt med kapacitet att särskilja aktiv och latent tuberkulos har utvecklats på Cepheid. Analysmetoden sker ex-vivo och kvantifierar uttryck av tuberkulos associerade mRNA biomarkörer i antigenstimulerat helblod. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Treating latent tuberculosis : Efficacy of rifapentine plus isoniazid combination therapy vs. isoniazid monotherapy

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kemi och biomedicin (KOB)

    Författare :Christinegie Khoury; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Latent tuberculosis infection; rifapentine; isoniazid;

    Sammanfattning : Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a global health issue that affects approximately one quarter of the world’s population. It refers to a state of persistent immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis without clinical evidence of active tuberculosis (TB). LÄS MER

  7. 5. Tuberkulos i medeltida Lund

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

    Författare :Lina Andersson; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Tuberkulos; medeltida Lund; S:t Jakob; Gråbrödraklostret.; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases known to man. Today one third of the world’s population is infected and every year 2 million people die because of it. This essay is focused on tuberculosis in Medieval Lund, specifically from Saint Jacobs cemetery. LÄS MER