ArticleEuropean radiology2010
Identifying the most infectious lesions in pulmonary tuberculosis by high-resolution multi-detector computed tomography.
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- Increasing Number and Volume of Cavitary Lesions on Chest Computed Tomography Are Associated With Prolonged Time to Culture Conversion in Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Open forum infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Application of Super-Resolution Convolutional Neural Network for Enhancing Image Resolution in Chest CT.Journal of digital imaging · 2018Article
- Validation of a model for predicting smear-positive active pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with initial acid-fast bacilli smear-negative sputum.European radiology · 2018Article
- Yield of chest X-ray tuberculosis screening of immigrants during the European refugee crisis of 2015: a single-centre experience.European radiology · 2017Article
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis dysregulates MMP/TIMP balance to drive rapid cavitation and unrestrained bacterial proliferation.The Journal of pathology · 2015Article
- A high-resolution computed tomography-based scoring system to differentiate the most infectious active pulmonary tuberculosis from community-acquired pneumonia in elderly and non-elderly patients.European radiology · 2014Article
- A high resolution computer tomography scoring system to predict culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in the emergency department.PloS one · 2014Article
- Chest tuberculosis: Radiological review and imaging recommendations.The Indian journal of radiology & imagingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to determine whether characteristics detected by multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) were predictive of highly infectious, smear-positive, active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB).
methodsAmong 124 patients with active PTB, 84 had positive (group 1) and 40 had negative (group 2) smear results for acid-fast bacilli. Multiplanar MDCT, axial conventional CT and chest X-ray images were analysed retrospectively for morphology, number, and segmental (lobe) distribution of lesions.
resultsBy multivariate analysis, consolidation over any segment of the upper, middle, or lingual lobes, cavitations, and clusters of nodules were associated with group 1, while centrilobular nodules were predictive of group 2. Using five independent variables associated with risk in group 1, a prediction model was created to distinguish between group 1 and group 2. ROC curve analysis showed an area under the curve of 0.951 +/- 0.021 for this prediction model. With the ideal cutoff point score of 1, the sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values were 84.5%, 97.5%, and 98.0%, respectively.
conclusionsA model to predict smear-positive active PTB on the basis of findings from MDCT may be a useful tool for clinical decisions about isolating patients pending sputum smear results.
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