| prevalence of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in an hiv/aids reference hospital in rio de janeiro, brazil. | a reference hospital for tuberculosis (tb) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (hiv/aids) with a tb control programme in rio de janeiro, brazil. | 2009 | 19105879 |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex detection in human remains: tuberculosis spread since the 17th century in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | Paleogenetic analysis for tuberculosis (TB) was conducted on bone and sediment samples dating from the 17th to 19th centuries from the archeological site of Nossa Senhora do Carmo Church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Forty samples were analyzed, corresponding to 32 individuals from 28 burials, 22 of primary type and 6 of secondary type. The samples were collected following strict paleogenetic investigation guidelines and submitted to ancient DNA (aDNA) extraction. In order to detect TB infection, a ... | 2011 | 21896337 |
| impact and cost-effectiveness of culture for diagnosis of tuberculosis in hiv-infected brazilian adults. | culture of mycobacterium tuberculosis currently represents the closest "gold standard" for diagnosis of tuberculosis (tb), but operational data are scant on the impact and cost-effectiveness of tb culture for human immunodeficiency (hiv-) infected individuals in resource-limited settings. | 2008 | 19129940 |