Two recent studies in
adult tuberculosis patients in Delft in the Western Cape [11] and Standerton in Mpumalanga (J Wessels, 'Nutritional status of patients with tuberculosis and TB/HIV co-infection at Standerton TB Specialised Hospital, Mpumalanga) unpublished data) show that newly admitted patients with active tuberculosis are undernourished (body mass index <18.5 kg/[m.sup.2]).
She said that sense of complacency among
adult tuberculosis patients up on treatment and registering marked improvement in their condition within first few weeks' time was not only
Screening
adult tuberculosis patients for diabetes mellitus in Ebeye, republic of the Marshall Islands.
Treatment outcome of newly diagnosed sputum positive
adult tuberculosis cases in the context of HIV infection.
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in
adult tuberculosis patients at a central hospital in Malawi [Short communication].
Another reason for the onset of
adult tuberculosis is thought to be due to reactivation, although the mechanism of reactivation and development of overt tuberculosis is not well understood, but it has been attributed to poor nutrition and socioeconomic status [12, 13].
5 -- Childhood tuberculosis (TB) has been neglected for a long time and in terms of the global policy the focus has been on
adult tuberculosis. To add fuel to fire, presentation of the disease is less specific in children, and while diagnosis is difficult, treatment is also very child unfriendly.
Increasing HIV seropositivity among
adult tuberculosis patients in Delhi.
Moreover, notes the CDC report, the number of TB cases among children continues to decline, suggesting that the recent increase in
adult tuberculosis "may be the result of endogenous reactivation of latent, subclinical tuberculosis infection rather than of increased transmission." From this, authorities inferred that immune suppression might be playing a role in TB's reappearance.
The study evaluated the treatment outcome in
adult tuberculosis patients on DOTS in Ludhiana city.
Jeffrey Starke, a leading TB specialist at Texas Children's Hospital, childhood TB "is a fundamentally different disease from
adult tuberculosis. Its proper diagnosis, treatment, and prevention require specific planning and resources.
(2002) showed that
adult tuberculosis patients have a specific IgA response to glycolipid antigens.