The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD
Dec 18, 2017
Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis among sputum-scarce patients is time consuming. Thus, a nonsputum diagnostic alternative is urgently needed. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific transrenal (Tr) DNA from urine is a potential target for TB diagnostics. ...
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Dec 14, 2017
Children are frequently invited to exercise before micturition, as it is believed that this activity will result in higher egg excretion, and hence, increases sensitivity of microscopic diagnoses. However, the evidence of this recommendation is scan...
Portal hypertension (PHT) is a key event in the evolution of different chronic liver diseases and leads to the morbidity and mortality of patients. The traditional reliable PHT evaluation method is a hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) measuremen...
Statistical methods in medical research
Feb 27, 2017
Estimation of common cost-effectiveness measures, including the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio and the net monetary benefit, is complicated by the need to account for informative censoring and inherent skewness of the data. In addition, since t...
The human sense of smell is often analyzed as being composed of three main components comprising olfactory threshold, odor discrimination and the ability to identify odors. A relevant distinction of the three components and their differential changes...
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Nov 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: The significant advancements in the development of syndromic panel testing for infectious diseases have brought about a paradigm shift in the clinical microbiology laboratory and the practices of Infectious Diseases Physicians. Due to the...
With artificial intelligence becoming increasingly embedded in society, some are questioning whether it could also be used to support the diagnosis and management of parasitic disease.
BMC medical informatics and decision making
May 15, 2025
BACKGROUND: The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has led to its widespread application across various domains, showing encouraging outcomes. Many studies have utilized AI to forecast emergency department (ED) disposition, aiming to f...
Although machine learning is frequently used in medicine for predictive purposes, its accuracy in diabetes-related amputation (DRA) remains unclear. From establishing the database until December 2024, we conducted a comprehensive search of PubMed, We...
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