Search for dissertations about: "thesis in tuberculosis diagnosis tb"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis in tuberculosis diagnosis tb.

  2. 1. Revisiting the choice : to involve hospitals in the partnership for tuberculosis control in Indonesia

    Author : Ari Probandari; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Lars Lindholm; Adi Utarini; Knut Lönnroth; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; tuberculosis; public-private partnership; formative evaluation; health service research; health system research; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in many low- and middle-income countries, including Indonesia. To accelerate TB case detection, and to improve the quality of diagnosis and treatment provided by all providers, the Public-Private Mix for implementing Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (PPM DOTS) was introduced in 2000. READ MORE

  4. 2. Drug resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Author : Getahun Abate; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Multidrug-resistance; tuberculosis; cefepime; moxicillin-clavulanate; ethambutol; WIT; rifampicin; isoniazid; katG;

    Abstract : Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a global public health problem. This investigation was performed to find ways of improving regimens that could be used for the treatment of drug- and multidrug-resistant TB and also to find a rapid method of diagnosis of drug resistant TB, particularly MDR-TB. Among 107 isolates of M. READ MORE

  5. 3. Pulmonary tuberculosis in pre-trial detentions in St. Petersburg, Russia

    Author : Tatiana Lobacheva; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Tuberculosis; prison; epidemiology; Russia;

    Abstract : During the last 15 years situation with Tuberculosis (TB) in prison system in Russia has been worsened as well as in the whole country. High TB rates in prison system reflect not only bad conditions there, but also the economical situation in the country and the health of whole population. READ MORE

  6. 4. General awareness of HIV, tuberculosis co-infections and the quality of life among patients with HIV in Xinjiang, in western China

    Author : Rena Maimaiti; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HIV; tuberculosis; quality of life; prevention; pregnancy; isoniazid prophylaxis; treatment outcome;

    Abstract : Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infections are major public health problems, particularly in low and middle-income countries. China has the second-highest number of TB cases per year in the world. The overall aims of my thesis were to analyze awareness of HIV and identify measures for its prevention. READ MORE

  7. 5. Mucosal immunity against mycobacterial infection

    Author : Muhammad Jubayer Rahman; Carmen Fernández; Ingileif Jonsdottir; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mucosal immunity; Vaccination; Diagnosis; Mycobacterial infection; Immunology; Immunologi; immunologi; Immunology;

    Abstract : This thesis aimed to the identification of immune biomarkers of mycobacterial infection for better diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and also focused on new vaccination strategies with a particular emphasis on the immune responses in the respiratory tract using murine models. Since the lung is the natural habitat for the M. READ MORE