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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2023

To treat or not to treat tuberculosis -clinical decision making in patients with previous pulmonary tuberculosis using 18F-FDG PET/CT.

Gunar Günther, Nebal Abu-Hussain, Peter M Keller, Reto Guler, Sandra L Mukasa, Karen Wolmarans, Friedrich Thienemann

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Gunar GüntherDepartment of Pulmonology and Allergology, Inselspital Bern, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Nebal Abu-HussainDepartment of Pulmonology and Allergology, Inselspital Bern, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Peter M KellerInstitute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Reto GulerInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town Component, Cape Town, South Africa.
Sandra L MukasaGeneral Medicine & Global Health (GMGH), Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Karen WolmaransGeneral Medicine & Global Health (GMGH), Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Friedrich ThienemannGeneral Medicine & Global Health (GMGH), Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
University of Bern · CHUniversity of Cape Town · ZASouth African Medical Research Council · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-tuberculosis (TB) radiological changes and symptoms can mimic TB. PCR-based diagnostic tests can show positive results, suggesting the presence of

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18F-FDG PET/CTFalse-positiverecurrentTuberculosis

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PMID38025249
PMCPMC10630663
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