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Case Series; Imaging In Lesser-Known Ailments Of The Pituitary Gland And Sellar Region, Harisha H L, Kavya Bhadrapura Thimmegowda, Ajay Hanumanthu, Vikram Patil Dr, Gurumurthy B, Dr Abhijith Roys

Digital Journal of Clinical Medicine

No abstract provided.

Managing Tuberculosis In Refugee Populations, Roselyn Fierkens

Senior Honors Theses

Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne-transmitted infectious disease, responsible for more global deaths than HIV. Multidrug-resistant strains are developing, which heightens the need for swift eradication. Current data states that 71.4% of all TB cases in the United States occur in foreign-born individuals, so populations traveling from TB endemic areas are a key target population for prevention strategies. Various screening procedures exist, but no successful standard is in place. Beyond prevention and treatment strategies, adaptations to cultural communication differences are integral to successful medical interventions. This synthesis of TB pathophysiology, treatments, risk factors, and cultural considerations is intended for use in …

Vikela Ekhaya: A Novel, Community-Based, Tuberculosis Contact Management Program In A High Burden Setting, Alexander W Kay, Micaela Sandoval, Godwin Mtetwa, Musa Mkhabela, Banele Ndlovu, Tara Devezin, Welile Sikhondze, Debrah Vambe, Joyce Sibanda, Gloria S Dube, Robert H Stevens, Bhekumusa Lukhele, Anna M Mandalakas

Student and Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: The prevention of tuberculosis (TB) in child contacts of TB cases and people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a public health priority, but global access to TB preventive therapy (TPT) remains low. In 2019, we implemented Vikela Ekhaya, a novel community-based TB contact management program in Eswatini designed to reduce barriers to accessing TPT.

METHODS: Vikela Ekhaya offered differentiated TB and HIV testing for household contacts of TB cases by using mobile contact management teams to screen contacts, assess their TPT eligibility, and initiate and monitor TPT adherence in participants' homes.

RESULTS: In total, 945 contacts from …

A Case Report Of Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Ultrasound Guided Tuberculous Iliopsoas Abscess Drainage In An Immunocompromised Patient, Allyzain Ismail, Neelam Ismail, Authar Ali, Shabbir Adamjee, Ahmed Jusabani, Zainab Fidaali

Faculty of Health Sciences, East Africa

Introduction and importance

Iliopsoas abscess is a collection of pus that presents with nonspecific features with often delays in diagnosis however cause significant morbidity and mortality with Mycobacterium tuberculosis to be considered as causative agent in at risk individuals in tuberculous endemic regions. Management involves drainage and initiation of adequate antibiotics with radiological guided percutaneous approach considered the appropriate initial approach.

Case presentation

50-year-old immunosuppressed presenting with left iliopsoas abscess who underwent ultrasound guided drainage and placement of pigtail catheter successfully without the need for open surgical drainage. Our experience of interventional radiology for diagnosis of causative agent and treatment …

Neglected Or Non-Compliant? Assessing The Difficulties Of Tuberculosis Patients In Salvador-Ba, Brazil, Erin Slatery

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze how Instituto Brasileiro para Investigação da Tuberculose (IBIT), a philanthropic tuberculosis clinic in Salvador, Brazil, maintains treatment abandonment rates much lower than those of surrounding public clinics. This study also aims to evaluate how professionals conceptualize and address the difficulties faced by patients.

Methods: Interviews were conducted with 8 IBIT professionals and 16 patients in treatment for tuberculosis in the aforementioned institution via semi-structured and structured questionnaires, respectively. Participant observation guided the analysis of relationships between patients and professionals.

Results: Patients found varying aspects of treatment difficult depending on personal circumstances, …

Extrapleural Thoracoplasty In Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Eugene W. Black

MD Theses

No abstract provided.

Collapse Therapy In The Treatment Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis With Special Reference Of Artificial Pneumothorax, Shelby G. Gamble

MD Theses

No abstract provided.

Tuberculosis Of The Spine Or Pott's Disease, William P. Warner

MD Theses

No abstract provided.

The Treatment Of Advanced Tuberculosis By Pneumothorax And Phrenicotomy, James C. Soderstrom

MD Theses

No abstract provided.

Surgical Treatment Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Henry W. Walters

MD Theses

No abstract provided.

Tuberculosis Of The Female Genitalia, Roy D. Sinclair

MD Theses

No abstract provided.

The Pulse, Volume 12, No. 6, 1918, University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine

The Pulse

•The Return of Sir Galahad Darcy

•Where the Students Are Selfish

•The War and Medical Education

•Support For Anti T.B. War Work

•The War Question

•About the School

•A Letter From the Far East by Andrew Sinamark, '17

•One of Our Prof's

•Rheumatism by Walt Mason

The Pulse, Volume 08, No. 3, 1913, University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine

The Pulse

•Tuberculosis of the Bladder-A.C. Stokes, B.Sc., M.D.

•Senior Notes

•Editorial

•In Memoriam

•The Philosophy of Life According to "Cull'

•Alumni News

•The Most Recent Explanation of Haemolysis

•Tennis

•The Medical Library

•Sophomore Notes

•Wanted-Some P-E-P! P-E-P!

•Clinical Department

•Forum

•Vacation!

The Bulletin Of The University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine, Volume 04, No. 2, 1909, University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine

The Bulletin of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine

•The Genesis and Pathological Anatomy of Diverticula of the Sigmoid by Paul G. Woolley

•Acute Perforations of the Hollow Viscera by Byron B. Davis

•The Serum Treatment of Erysipelas by W.O. Bridges

•Tuberculosis of the Skin by Alfred Schalek

•Diagnosis and Treatment of Accessory Sinus By Means of Suction by James W. Patton

The Bulletin Of The University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine, Volume 03, No. 4, 1908, University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine

The Bulletin of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine

•The School of Pharmacy of the University of Nebraska and What It Means To the Medical Profession by Rufus A. Lyman

•London As a Medical Center by H.M. McClanahan

•Report of a Semester's Work in Operative Surgery by A.C. Stokes

•Tuberculosis in Children. A Brief Review of 67 Papers Read at the International Congress on Tuberculosis, Washington, D.C., September 28-October 3, '08 by H. Winnett Orr

•Some Recent Discoveries Regarding Trypanosomes and Sleeping Sickness by Henry B. Ward

•The Physiological Aspects of Shock by A.E. Guenther

•Editorial

•College Notes

•Index to Vol. III

Omc Pulse, Volume 03, No. 3, 1899, Omaha Medical College

OMC Pulse

•Eczema of the Face in Infants, by Oscar S. Hoffman, M.D.

•Faculty Department, by William F. Milroy, M.D.

•Resolutions by the Board of Trustees

•Editorial

•Clinical Department

•Athletics

•Alumni Notes

•Class Notes

Omc Pulse, Volume 01, No. 2, 1898, Omaha Medical College

OMC Pulse

•Chief Surgeon Union Pacific Railway

•Peritoneal Tuberculosis, by Charles C. Allison, M.D.

•The U.S. Marine-Hospital Service, by George R. Gilbert, M.D.

•Omaha Medical Ahead

•Editorials

•Alumni Department, by George Bicknell, M.D.

•Commencement

•Clinical Department, by L.B. VanCamp

•Dislocation Backwards of Left Hip

•The Amoeba

•College Locals