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Tehmina Mustafa

Professor, Senter for internasjonal helse
  • E-postTehmina.Mustafa@uib.no
  • Telefon+47 55 58 67 22
  • Besøksadresse
    Overlege Danielssens hus, 5. etasje, Årstadveien 21
    Rom 
    525
  • Postadresse
    Postboks 7804
    5020 Bergen

Tehmina Mustafa has research experience on various aspects of tuberculosis, including epidemiological, clinical and basic laboratory research on immunology, pathology, and diagnosis of disease. She is the leader of the Tuberculosis Research Group at the Centre for International Health.

Learn more about her research activity on her English page.

Learn more about Mustafa's teaching activity on her English web page.

  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Significance of non-granulomatous cytomorphology on fine needle aspirate in lymphadenitis cases classified as tuberculous by using a composite reference standard. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 575-583.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Proteomic analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: A pilot study from Zanzibar, Tanzania. PLOS ONE. 15 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Previous tuberculosis infection associated with increased frequency of asthma and respiratory symptoms in a Nordic–Baltic multicentre population study. European Respiratory Journal Open Research (ERJ Open Research). 8 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Novel Insights into the Pathogenesis of Human Post-Primary Tuberculosis from Archival Material of the Pre-Antibiotic Era, 1931–1947. Pathogens.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Maternal and paternal tuberculosis is associated with increased asthma and respiratory symptoms in their offspring: a study from Northern Europe. Frontiers in Allergy.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Identification of host biomarkers from dried blood spots for monitoring treatment response in extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Scientific Reports. 12 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2023). Care-seeking pathways and diagnostic delays in extrapulmonary TB patients. Public Health Action. 148-154.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). The value of histological examination in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis in the era of rapid molecular diagnosis. Scientific Reports. 1-11.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Parental TB associated with offspring asthma and rhinitis. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 544-549.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Improving diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis by combination of cytomorphology and MPT64 immunostaining on cell blocks from the fine needle aspirates. PLOS ONE. 1-14.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2022). Improved diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in adults with and without HIV in Mbeya, Tanzania using the MPT64 antigen detection test. PLOS Global Public Health.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Successful Outpatient Management of Children at a Secondary Care Hospital in Pakistan in a Dengue Fever Epidemic and Their Clinical Outcomes. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 1-10.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Role of a Digital Clinical Decision-Support System in General Practitioners' Management of COPD in Norway. The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Predictors of slow clinical response and extended treatment in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan, A hospital-based prospective study. PLOS ONE. 14 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Paediatric Contacts of Adult COVID-19 Patients: Clinical Parameters, Risk Factors, and Outcome. International Journal of Pediatrics. 8 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). MPT64 antigen detection test improves diagnosis of pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Mbeya, Tanzania. Scientific Reports. 1-11.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among tuberculosis patients, a study from a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. BMC Infectious Diseases. 9 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Improving diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by implementation of a sensitive and specific MPT64 antigen detection test in routine diagnostics.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Immunochemistry-based diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A strategy for large-scale production of mpt64-antibodies for use in the mpt64 antigen detection test. Antibodies. 1-14.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). Host biomarkers for monitoring therapeutic response in extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Cytokine. 1-11.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2021). A Phase I/II randomized trial of H56:IC31 vaccination and adjunctive cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor treatment in tuberculosis patients. Nature Communications.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a high-income low-tuberculosis prevalence setting. Scientific Reports.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Mycobacterial antigens in pleural fluid mononuclear cells to diagnose pleural tuberculosis in HIV co-infected patients. BMC Infectious Diseases. 1-13.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Mycobacterial antigens accumulation in foamy macrophages in murine pulmonary tuberculosis lesions: Association with necrosis and making of cavities. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 1-13.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Isoniazid resistance profile and associated levofloxacin and pyrazinamide resistance in rifampicin resistant and sensitive isolates/ from pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in Pakistan: A laboratory based surveillance study 2015-19. PLOS ONE. 1-20.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan- A nation-wide multicenter retrospective study. PLOS ONE.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2020). Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis using the MPT64 antigen detection test in a high-income low tuberculosis prevalence setting. BMC Infectious Diseases. 1-11.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum after pulmonary tuberculosis cure. BMC Infectious Diseases. 1-8.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Utility of MPT64 Antigen Detection Test for Diagnosis of HIV Coinfected Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Tanzania .
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Primary drug resistance in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis: a hospital-based prospective study from Pakistan. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 900-906.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Pre-diagnostic cost of extrapulmonary tuberculosis from patient perspective in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Patient Health Seeking and Diagnostic Delay in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Hospital Based Study from Central India. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment. 8 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). MPT 64 Antigen Detection Test Performs Better Than Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults in Tanzania.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). IP-10 dried blood spots assay monitoring treatment efficacy in extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a low-resource setting. Scientific Reports. 1-9.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Evaluation of treatment response in extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a low-resource setting. BMC Infectious Diseases. 1-9.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Developing a new diagnostic test for extrapulmonary TB.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN PAKISTAN:RETROSPECTIVE COHORT ANALYSIS.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2019). Cyclooxygenase inhibitors impair CD4 T cell immunity and exacerbate Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in aerosol-challenged mice. Communications Biology. 1-10.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Performance of MPT 64 antigen detection test compared to Xpert MTB/RIF assay and Culture for diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in children in Tanzania.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Nye diagnostiske metoder for tuberkulose.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Mycobacterial antigen accumulation in foamy macrophages in pulmonary tuberculosis lesions is associated with tissue destruction and disease severity.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). MPT64 antigen detection test improves routine diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a low-resource setting: A study from the tertiary care hospital in Zanzibar. PLOS ONE. 1-15.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Forbedring av tuberkulosediagnostikk ved bruk av immunokjemi-baserte metoder.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). First and second line drug resistance pattern in new Extra Pulmonary TB cases, Prospective study in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Diagnostic delay in extrapulmonary tuberculosis and impact on patient morbidity: A study from Zanzibar. PLOS ONE. 1-17.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). Bacteriological examination for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis -Is it sufficient?
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2018). A survey of knowledge, attitude, and practices of private retail pharmacies staff in tuberculosis care: Study from Dera Ismail Khan City, Pakistan. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice. 1-7.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Rapid and specific diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by immunostaining of tissues and aspirates with anti-MPT64. Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology (Print). 282-288.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Improved diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis by mycobacterial antigen detection in fine-needle aspirates by a novel immunochemistry-based test.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). Implementation of a new immunohistochemistry-based test for diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis by detection of mycobacterial antigen MPT64.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2017). IP-10 point-of-care test for monitoring treatment efficacy in tuberculosis in a low-resource setting.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Tuberkulosediagnostikk.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Multiplex Analysis of Pro- or Anti-Inflammatory Serum Cytokines and Chemokines in relation to Gender and Age among Tanzanian Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Patients. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Laboratory Diagnosis of Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) in Resource-constrained Setting: State of the Art, Challenges and the Need. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Improved diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by antigen detection in extrapulmonary samples by immunochemistry-based assay.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Improved diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis by antigen detection in extra pulmonary samples by immunochemistry-based assay.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2015). Forbedring av diagnostikk ved ekstrapulmonal tuberkulose.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Mycobacterial antigens disappear from host tissue during latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Immunocytochemical detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis complex specific antigen, MPT64, improves diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis and tuberculous pleuritis. BMC Infectious Diseases.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2014). Differential in vivo expression of mycobacterial antigens in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected lungs and lymph node tissues. BMC Infectious Diseases.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis in aspirate, effusions, and cerebrospinal fluid by immunocytochemical detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigen MPT64. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 782-791.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2012). Long-term persistence of BCG Pasteur in lungs of C57BL/6 mice following intranasal infection. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 489-499.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2010). Evidence for waning of latency in a cohort study of tuberculosis. BMC Infectious Diseases.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2010). Comparison of Immune Response in Mice Infected with M-Bovis BCG Russia and M-Bovis BCG Pasteur. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 536-536.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). Gender differences in the clinical diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis-a hospital-based study from Central India. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 600-605.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2009). Differential expression of mycobacterial antigen MPT64, apoptosis and inflammatory markers in multinucleated giant cells and epithelioid cells in granulomas caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Real-time quantitative PCR in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded pleural tissue in patients from a high HIV endemic area. Diagnostic molecular pathology (Print). 112-117.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Rapid, sensitive and specific test for diagnosis of tuberculosis by using immunochemistry for detection of M. tuberculosis complex specific antigen MPT64.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Rapid and Specific Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleuritis With Immunohistochemistry by Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Specific Antigen MPT64 in Patients From a HIV Endemic Area. Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology (Print). 554-561.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Patient and health systems delays: Health-care seeking behaviour among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Pakistan. JOURNAL OF PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 318-321.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Estimating the half-life of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection based on the decline of tuberculosis in Norway.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Does leptin have a role in immunity to tuberculosis? . Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR).
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Does leptin have a role in immunity to tuberculosis? Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR). 691-693.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Differential expression of mycobacterial antigen MPT64, apoptosis and inflammatory markers in multinucleated giant cells and epithelioid cells in granulomas caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Virchows Archiv. 449-456.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2008). Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by polymerase chain reaction with DNA eluted from aspirate smears of tuberculous lymphadenitis. Diagnostic molecular pathology (Print). 174-178.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Reduced apoptosis and increased inflammatory cytokines in granulomas caused by tuberculous compared to non-tuberculous mycobacteria: role of MPT64 antigen in apoptosis and immune response. Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 105-113.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Immunohistochemistry for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigen (MPT64) improves the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis caused by pathogenic mycobacteria. APMIS - Journal of Pathologiy, Microbiology and Immunology. 1316-1316.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Immunohistochemical diagnosis of abdominal and lymph node tuberculosis by detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigen MPT64. Diagnostic Pathology.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). How does clinical diagnosis of mycobacterial adenitis correlate with histological findings? . East African Journal of Public Health.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). How does clinical diagnosis of mycobacterial adenitis correlate with histological findings? East African Journal of Public Health. 47-50.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigens by immunohistochemical technique: application for improved diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2007). Correlation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen MPT64 expression and apoptosis in human tuberculosis lesions.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2006). Vaccine approaches to prevent tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2006). Vaccine approaches to prevent tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 243-250.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2006). Immunohistochemistry using a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antibody for improved diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis. Modern Pathology. 1606-1614.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2006). Immunohistochemical analysis of cytokines and apoptosis in tuberculous lymphadenitis. Immunology. 454-462.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Significance of Fas and Fas ligand in tuberculous lymphadenitis. Immunology. 255-262.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Significance of Fas and Fas Ligand in tuberculous lymphadenitis.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis: Host immune response and new diagnostic tools.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Is Mycobacterium paratuberculosis a cause of Crohn`s disease?
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction based detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in histologic specimens.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2005). Cytokine profile during latent and slowly progressive primary tuberculosis: a possible role for interleukin-15 in mediating clinical disease. Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 180-192.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2004). Role of Fasligand/Fas system and apoptosis in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. 10 sider.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2003). Title: Role of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of murine and human tuberculosis lesions; immune evasion strategies of mycobacteria.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2003). In situ expression of CD40, CD40L (CD154), IL-12, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma and TGF-beta1 in murine lungs during slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 327-334.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2002). Increased Bcl-2 and reduced Bax expression in infected macrophages in slowly progressive primary murine mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 383-391.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2001). Increased expression of fas ligand in human tuberculosis and leprosy lesions: a potential novel mechanism of immune evasion in mycobacterial infection. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 630-639.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2000). Murine models of chronic tuberculosis: significance of granuloma morphology, apoptosis and immune evasion.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2000). In Situ Expression of cytokines and cellular phenotypes in the lungs of mice with slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 548-556.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (2000). Diversity of lung and spleen immune responses in mice with slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 147-154.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1999). Increased expresson of Fas ligand on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected macrophages: a potential novel mechanism of immune evation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis? Inflammation. 507-521.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1999). Increased expression of FAS ligand on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected macrophages: A potential novel mechansim of immune evasion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis? Inflammation. 507-521.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1999). Changes in T-Lymphocyte Subsets in Lungs and Spleens of Mice with Slowly Progressive Primary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection: Involvement of Unconventional T-Cell Subsets. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 137-144.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1999). A mouse model for slowly proressing tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 127-136.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1999). A mouse model for slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 127-136.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1999). A mouse model for slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 127-136.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1998). TGF in primary progressive, latent and reactivated murine tuberculosis. Abstract 86.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1998). Study of cytokines involved in progressive primary disease and latent tuberculosis in mice. Abstract 244 (Host response: pathogenesis, latency, immunogencicity, vaccine).
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1998). Compartmentalized immune responses in the spleens and lungs of chronically Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected mice.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1998). Compartmentalized immune responses in the spleens and lungs of chronically Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected mice.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1998). Compartmentalized immune responses in the spleens and lungs of chronically <I>mycobacterium tuberculosis</I> infected mice.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1998). A novel mechanism of immune evasion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1998). A novel mechanism of immune evasion by <I>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</I>.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1998). A Mouse Model for Latent Tuberculosis.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1998). A Mouse Model for Latent Tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 59-68.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1997). T cell Phenotypes in Lungs of Normal and TB Infected Mice, Compared to Spleen and Peripheral Blood.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1997). Pattern of Cell Death in Mtb infected Mouse organs.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1997). Lungs in Murine Latent Tuberculosis. International conference on immunopathology of mucous membranes and exocrine glands.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1997). Lungs in Murine Latent Tuberculosis.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1997). Histopathology of the Mouse Model for Latent TB Infection and Slowly Progressive Disease.
  • Vis forfatter(e) (1997). Cytokine Production and Bacillary Growth In Lungs of Mtb infected Mice Compared to Liver and Spleen.

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Learn more about Mustafa's publications on her English web page.

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