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

Medical specialist and consultant

Mustafa is a specialist in both pulmonary and internal medicine, and works as a consultant in respiratory diseases at the Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital.

Research

Mustafa studies immunepathogenesis of tuberculosis (TB), development of new diagnostic methods for paucibacillary TB cases, discovery of biomarkers for monitoring response to treatment, interaction between undernutrition and TB. Her main impact is in the development of better TB diagnostic methods. She has established research and academic partnerships with multiple institutions in Tanzania, Zanzibar, India and Pakistan, using funding from the Research Council of Norway and the Western Region Health Authorities of Norway. She has led and completed (2020) a multicenter international project in four countries on the implementation of a better diagnostic test for TB in routine clinical settings. She is currently working on increasing understanding the immunopathogenesis of TB based on studies using the human archival material from the Biobank at the Department of Pathology. 

Project leader and collaborator

Mustafa leads multi-centre projects on improved TB diagnosis and immunopathogenesis. See her project descriptions for more information

• Coordinator and Teacher- Global Tuberculosis Epidemiology and Intervention (INTH328,  INTH928, ELMED311)

• Coordinator and Teacher-Research Proposal Development (INTH330), UiB

• Teacher- Global health - challenges and responses- SDG303, UiB

• Teacher- Methods in global health research- INTH315, UiB
• Teacher- Medical students-respiratory medicine, UiB
• Teacher- Global Health Course for nursing students at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Research Supervision

PhD students: 14 (completed 7, current 7)

Master students: 15 (completed 13, current 2) 

Medical students: completed 3

2025

• Shoaib Hassan; Reza Yaesoubi; Ole Magnus Bjørgaas Helle et al. (2025). Factors associated with the delay in diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis at the patient and health system level: A study from a rural setting in India.. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (2025). Evaluating the accuracy of artificial intelligence-powered chest X-ray diagnosis for paediatric pulmonary tuberculosis (EVAL-PAEDTBAID): Study protocol for a multi-centre diagnostic accuracy study.. (external link)
• Amun Mustafa; Asifa Karamat; Wajeeha Mustansar Toor et al. (2025). High Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases Admitted to Intensive Care in a Low-Resource Setting. (external link)
• Brekhna Aurangzeb; Atiqa Ambreen; Iqbal Bano et al. (2025). Evaluation of the Performance of Stool Samples to Diagnose Pediatric Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Routine Care: A Cohort Study From Pakistan. (external link)
• Ahmad Wali; Nauman Safdar; Atiqa Ambreen et al. (2025). Advancing Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Potential of MPT64 Immunochemistry-Based Antigen Detection Test in a High-TB, Low-HIV Endemic Setting. (external link)
• Brekhna Aurangzeb; Dennis Robert; Cynthia Baard et al. (2025). Evaluating the accuracy of artificial intelligence-powered chest X-ray diagnosis for paediatric pulmonary tuberculosis (EVAL-PAEDTBAID): Study protocol for a multi-centre diagnostic accuracy study. (external link)
• Shoaib Hassan; Reza Yaesoubi; Ole Magnus Bjørgaas Helle et al. (2025). Factors associated with the delay in diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis at the patient and health system level: A study from a rural setting in India. (external link)
• Syeda Mariam Riaz; Kurt Hanevik; Lisbet Sviland et al. (2025). Characterization of Early Lesions of Human Post-Primary Tuberculosis and Its Progression to Necrosis Using Archival Material of the Pre-Antibiotic Era.. (external link)
• Erlend Grønningen; Marywinnie Nanyaro; Esther Stanslaus Ngadaya et al. (2025). Diagnostic and treatment delay in extrapulmonary tuberculosis and association with mortality: Experiences from Mbeya, Tanzania. (external link)

2023

• Syeda Mariam Riaz; Kurt Hanevik; Lars Helgeland et al. (2023). Novel Insights into the Pathogenesis of Human Post-Primary Tuberculosis from Archival Material of the Pre-Antibiotic Era, 1931–1947. (external link)
• Shizza Khalid; Atiqa Ambreen; Aasia Khaliq et al. (2023). Identification of host biomarkers from dried blood spots for monitoring treatment response in extrapulmonary tuberculosis. (external link)
• Ole Magnus Bjørgaas Helle; Mala Kanthali; Naish Akhtar et al. (2023). Significance of non-granulomatous cytomorphology on fine needle aspirate in lymphadenitis cases classified as tuberculous by using a composite reference standard. (external link)
• Ahmad Wali; Nauman Safdar; Atiqa Ambreen et al. (2023). Care-seeking pathways and diagnostic delays in extrapulmonary TB patients. (external link)
• Ahmed Samy Mohamed Ali Barakat; Even Birkeland; Melissa Davidsen Jørstad et al. (2023). Proteomic analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: A pilot study from Zanzibar, Tanzania. (external link)
• Sanjay Gyawali; Juan Pablo Lopez Cervantes; Nils Oskar Jögi et al. (2023). Previous tuberculosis infection associated with increased frequency of asthma and respiratory symptoms in a Nordic–Baltic multicentre population study. (external link)
• Sanjay Gyawali; Juan Pablo Lopez Cervantes; Ane Johannessen et al. (2023). Maternal and paternal tuberculosis is associated with increased asthma and respiratory symptoms in their offspring: a study from Northern Europe. (external link)

2019

• Hassan Shoaib; Tehmina Mustafa; Bjarne Robberstad (2019). Pre-diagnostic cost of extrapulmonary tuberculosis from patient perspective in Zanzibar, Tanzania. (external link)
• Sabira Tahseen; F Masood; MM Bhutto et al. (2019). DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN PAKISTAN:RETROSPECTIVE COHORT ANALYSIS. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (2019). Developing a new diagnostic test for extrapulmonary TB. (external link)
• Manju Purohit; R Purohit; Tehmina Mustafa (2019). Patient Health Seeking and Diagnostic Delay in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Hospital Based Study from Central India. (external link)
• Erlend Grønningen; Lisbeth Sviland; Ester Ngadaya et al. (2019). Utility of MPT64 Antigen Detection Test for Diagnosis of HIV Coinfected Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Tanzania. (external link)
• Erlend Grønningen; Lisbeth Sviland; Ester Ngadaya et al. (2019). MPT 64 Antigen Detection Test Performs Better Than Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults in Tanzania. (external link)
• Rasmus Mortensen; Helena Strand Clemmensen; Joshua S. Woodworth et al. (2019). Cyclooxygenase inhibitors impair CD4 T cell immunity and exacerbate Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in aerosol-challenged mice. (external link)
• Ida Marie Hoel; Melissa Davidsen Jørstad; Msafiri Marijani et al. (2019). IP-10 dried blood spots assay monitoring treatment efficacy in extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a low-resource setting. (external link)
• Sabira Tahseen; Atiqa Ambreen; Faisal Masood et al. (2019). Primary drug resistance in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis: a hospital-based prospective study from Pakistan. (external link)
• Atiqa Ambreen; Muhammad Jamil; Mohammad Aqeel Ur Rahman et al. (2019). Viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum after pulmonary tuberculosis cure. (external link)
• Melissa Davidsen Jørstad; Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise; Jörg Assmus et al. (2019). Evaluation of treatment response in extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a low-resource setting. (external link)

2007

• Tehmina Mustafa; Harald G Wiker; Odd Mørkve et al. (2007). Correlation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen MPT64 expression and apoptosis in human tuberculosis lesions. (external link)
• Lisbet Sviland; Tehmina Mustafa; Manju Purohit et al. (2007). Immunohistochemistry for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigen (MPT64) improves the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis caused by pathogenic mycobacteria. (external link)
• Manju Purohit; Tehmina Mustafa; Harald G Wiker et al. (2007). Detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigens by immunohistochemical technique: application for improved diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Harald G Wiker; Odd Mørkve et al. (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. (external link)
• Sayoki Godfrey M. Mfinanga; Lisbet Sviland; H Chande et al. (2007). How does clinical diagnosis of mycobacterial adenitis correlate with histological findings?. (external link)
• Sayoki Godfrey M. Mfinanga; Lisbeth Sviland; H Chande et al. (2007). How does clinical diagnosis of mycobacterial adenitis correlate with histological findings?. (external link)
• Manju Raj Purohit; Tehmina Mustafa; Harald G Wiker et al. (2007). Immunohistochemical diagnosis of abdominal and lymph node tuberculosis by detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigen MPT64. (external link)

2006

• Harald G Wiker; Tehmina Mustafa; Hiwa Målen et al. (2006). Vaccine approaches to prevent tuberculosis. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Stanley Josephson Mogga; Sayoki Godfrey M. Mfinanga et al. (2006). Immunohistochemical analysis of cytokines and apoptosis in tuberculous lymphadenitis. (external link)
• Harald G Wiker; Tehmina Mustafa; Tehmina Mustafa et al. (2006). Vaccine approaches to prevent tuberculosis.. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Harald G Wiker; Sayoki Godfrey M. Mfinanga et al. (2006). Immunohistochemistry using a Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antibody for improved diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis. (external link)

2021

• Varun Kumar Vijayakumar; Tehmina Mustafa; Bjarte Kjell Nore et al. (2021). Role of a Digital Clinical Decision-Support System in General Practitioners' Management of COPD in Norway. (external link)
• Synne Jenum; Kristian Tonby; Corina Silvia Rueegg et al. (2021). A Phase I/II randomized trial of H56:IC31 vaccination and adjunctive cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitor treatment in tuberculosis patients. (external link)
• Erlend Grønningen; Marywinnie Nanyaro; Lisbet Sviland et al. (2021). MPT64 antigen detection test improves diagnosis of pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Mbeya, Tanzania. (external link)
• Atiqa Ambreen; Aasia Khaliq; Syed Zeeshan Haider Naqvi et al. (2021). Host biomarkers for monitoring therapeutic response in extrapulmonary tuberculosis. (external link)
• Ida Marie Hoel; Iman A Mohammed Ali; Sheeba Ishtiaq et al. (2021). Immunochemistry-based diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A strategy for large-scale production of mpt64-antibodies for use in the mpt64 antigen detection test. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (2021). Improving diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by implementation of a sensitive and specific MPT64 antigen detection test in routine diagnostics. (external link)
• Atiqa Ambreen; Sabira Tahseen; Ahmad Wali et al. (2021). Predictors of slow clinical response and extended treatment in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan, A hospital-based prospective study. (external link)
• Ammara Farooq; Taimur Khalil Sheikh; Fibhaa Syed et al. (2021). Paediatric Contacts of Adult COVID-19 Patients: Clinical Parameters, Risk Factors, and Outcome. (external link)
• Ammara Farooq; Brekhna Aurangzeb; Taimur Khalil Sheikh et al. (2021). Successful Outpatient Management of Children at a Secondary Care Hospital in Pakistan in a Dengue Fever Epidemic and Their Clinical Outcomes. (external link)
• Asifa Karamat; Atiqa Ambreen; Aamira Ishtiaq et al. (2021). Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among tuberculosis patients, a study from a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. (external link)

2008

• Tehmina Mustafa (2008). Does leptin have a role in immunity to tuberculosis?. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Harald G Wiker; Odd Mørkve et al. (2008). Differential expression of mycobacterial antigen MPT64, apoptosis and inflammatory markers in multinucleated giant cells and epithelioid cells in granulomas caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (external link)
• Kamaldeen Baba; Sharad Pathak; Lisbet Sviland et al. (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. (external link)
• Harald G Wiker; Tehmina Mustafa; Gunnar Bjune et al. (2008). Estimating the half-life of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection based on the decline of tuberculosis in Norway. (external link)
• Kamaldeen Baba; Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise; Lisbet Sviland et al. (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. (external link)
• Samera Azeem Qureshi; Odd Mørkve; Tehmina Mustafa (2008). Patient and health systems delays: Health-care seeking behaviour among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Pakistan. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (2008). Rapid, sensitive and specific test for diagnosis of tuberculosis by using immunochemistry for detection of M. tuberculosis complex specific antigen MPT64. (external link)
• Manju Purohit; Tehmina Mustafa; Lisbet Sviland (2008). Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by polymerase chain reaction with DNA eluted from aspirate smears of tuberculous lymphadenitis. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (2008). Does leptin have a role in immunity to tuberculosis?. (external link)

2024

• Zaib Un Nisa; Atiqa Ambreen; Tehmina Mustafa (2024). Persistently high plasma procalcitonin levels despite successful treatment of tuberculous pleuritis and tuberculous lymphadenitis patients. (external link)
• Zaib un Nisa; Basit Zeshan; Atiqa Ambreen et al. (2024). Plasma ferritin, C-reactive protein, and adenosine deaminase levels in tuberculous lymphadenitis and pleuritis and their role in monitoring treatment response. (external link)
• Biplob Kumar Mohanty; Tomas Mikal Lind Eagan; Bernt Bøgvald Aarli et al. (2024). Trends in Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease and Treatment Outcomes in a Low-Tuberculosis Prevalence Setting: A Retrospective Analysis. (external link)
• Rasmus Mortensen; Helena Strand Clemmensen; Joshua S. Woodworth et al. (2024). Erratum: Author Correction: Cyclooxygenase inhibitors impair CD4 T cell immunity and exacerbate Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in aerosol-challenged mice (Communications biology (2019) 2 (288)). (external link)
• Ahmad Wali; Nauman Safdar; Atiqa Ambreen et al. (2024). Effects of extrapulmonary TB on patient quality of life and recurrence. (external link)
• Shoaib Hassan; Manju Raj Purohit; Mala Kanthali et al. (2024). Health-related quality of life among extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients and inequalities by disease manifestations: a longitudinal study analysing the impact of TB treatment. (external link)
• Erlend Grønningen; Marywinnie Nanyaro; Bjørn Blomberg et al. (2024). Mortality among extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in the HIV endemic setting: lessons from a tertiary level hospital in Mbeya, Tanzania. (external link)
• Shoaib Hassan; Tehmina Mustafa; William Muller et al. (2024). Comparing the cost-effectiveness of the MPT64-antigen detection test to Xpert MTB/RIF and ZN-microscopy for the diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: An economic evaluation modelling study. (external link)
• Ole Magnus Bjørgaas Helle; Mala Kanthali; Erlend Grønningen et al. (2024). Factors associated with hospitalization and mortality in adult and pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis at a tertiary care hospital in Central India. (external link)
• Syeda Mariam Riaz; Lisbet Sviland; Kurt Hanevik et al. (2024). Cause of death in patients with tuberculosis: A study based on epidemiological and autopsy records of Western Norway 1931-47. (external link)
• Ingrid Hoff; Eivind Rath; Slobodanka Pena-Karan et al. (2024). Atypical presentation of varicella-zoster virus reactivation in a lung transplant patient: a case report. (external link)
• Ole Magnus Bjørgaas Helle; Mala Kanthali; Sheeba Ishtiaq et al. (2024). Diagnosing adult and pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis by MPT64 antigen detection with immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry using reproduced polyclonal antibodies. (external link)

2015

• Melissa Davidsen Jørstad; Tehmina Mustafa (2015). Forbedring av diagnostikk ved ekstrapulmonal tuberkulose. (external link)
• Melissa Davidsen Jørstad; Maryam Ali Abdalla; Msafiri Marijani et al. (2015). Improved diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis by antigen detection in extra pulmonary samples by immunochemistry-based assay. (external link)
• Manju Purohit; Tehmina Mustafa (2015). Laboratory Diagnosis of Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) in Resource-constrained Setting: State of the Art, Challenges and the Need. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (2015). Tuberkulosediagnostikk. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Karl Albert Brokstad; Sayoki Godfrey M. Mfinanga et al. (2015). Multiplex Analysis of Pro- or Anti-Inflammatory Serum Cytokines and Chemokines in relation to Gender and Age among Tanzanian Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Patients. (external link)
• Melissa Davidsen Jørstad; Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise; Lisbeth Sviland et al. (2015). Improved diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by antigen detection in extrapulmonary samples by immunochemistry-based assay. (external link)

2017

• Ida Marie Hoel; Melissa Davidsen Jørstad; Morten Ruhwald et al. (2017). IP-10 point-of-care test for monitoring treatment efficacy in tuberculosis in a low-resource setting. (external link)
• Melissa Davidsen Jørstad; Msafiri Marijani; Maryam Abdalla Ali et al. (2017). Improved diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis by mycobacterial antigen detection in fine-needle aspirates by a novel immunochemistry-based test. (external link)
• Manju Purohit; Lisbeth Sviland; Harald G Wiker et al. (2017). Rapid and specific diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by immunostaining of tissues and aspirates with anti-MPT64. (external link)
• Ida Marie Hoel; Lisbeth Sviland; Harald G Wiker et al. (2017). Implementation of a new immunohistochemistry-based test for diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis by detection of mycobacterial antigen MPT64. (external link)

2005

• Tehmina Mustafa (2005). Significance of Fas and Fas Ligand in tuberculous lymphadenitis. (external link)
• Feseha Abebe; Tehmina Mustafa; Audun H. Nerland et al. (2005). Cytokine profile during latent and slowly progressive primary tuberculosis: a possible role for interleukin-15 in mediating clinical disease. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (2005). Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis: Host immune response and new diagnostic tools. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Stanley Josephson Mogga; Sayoki Godfrey M. Mfinanga et al. (2005). Significance of Fas and Fas ligand in tuberculous lymphadenitis. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (2005). Immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction based detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in histologic specimens. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (2005). Is Mycobacterium paratuberculosis a cause of Crohn`s disease?. (external link)

1997

• Tehmina Mustafa; Sabai Phyu; Azeb Tadesse et al. (1997). Lungs in Murine Latent Tuberculosis. International conference on immunopathology of mucous membranes and exocrine glands. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (1997). Pattern of Cell Death in Mtb infected Mouse organs. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (1997). Histopathology of the Mouse Model for Latent TB Infection and Slowly Progressive Disease. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Sabai Phyu; Azeb Tadesse et al. (1997). Lungs in Murine Latent Tuberculosis. (external link)
• Azeb Tadesse; Sabai Phyu; Tehmina Mustafa et al. (1997). Cytokine Production and Bacillary Growth In Lungs of Mtb infected Mice Compared to Liver and Spleen. (external link)
• Sabai Phyu; Azeb Tadesse; Tehmina Mustafa et al. (1997). T cell Phenotypes in Lungs of Normal and TB Infected Mice, Compared to Spleen and Peripheral Blood. (external link)

2000

• Sabai Phyu; Azeb Tadesse; Tehmina Mustafa et al. (2000). Diversity of lung and spleen immune responses in mice with slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa (2000). Murine models of chronic tuberculosis: significance of granuloma morphology, apoptosis and immune evasion. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Sabai Phyu; Rune Nilsen et al. (2000). In Situ Expression of cytokines and cellular phenotypes in the lungs of mice with slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. (external link)

1999

• Tehmina Mustafa; Sabai Phyu; Rune Nilsen et al. (1999). Increased expresson of Fas ligand on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected macrophages: a potential novel mechanism of immune evation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis?. (external link)
• Tehmina. Mustafa; Sabai. Phyu; Ragnhild Nilsen et al. (1999). A mouse model for slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. (external link)
• Tehmina. Mustafa; Sabai. Phyu; Ragnhild Nilsen et al. (1999). Increased expression of FAS ligand on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected macrophages: A potential novel mechansim of immune evasion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis?. (external link)
• Sabai Phyu; Steinar Sørnes; Themina Mustafa et al. (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. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Sabai Phyu; Rune Nilsen et al. (1999). A mouse model for slowly progressive primary tuberculosis. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Sabai Phyu; Rune Nilsen et al. (1999). A mouse model for slowly proressing tuberculosis. (external link)

2010

• Nils Anders Leversen; Tehmina Mustafa; Harald G Wiker (2010). Comparison of Immune Response in Mice Infected with M-Bovis BCG Russia and M-Bovis BCG Pasteur. (external link)
• Harald G Wiker; Tehmina Mustafa; Gunnar Bjune et al. (2010). Evidence for waning of latency in a cohort study of tuberculosis. (external link)

2018

• Tehmina Mustafa (2018). Nye diagnostiske metoder for tuberkulose. (external link)
• Erlend Grønningen; Tehmina Mustafa (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. (external link)
• Sabira Tahseen; FM Khanzada; AH Rizwi et al. (2018). First and second line drug resistance pattern in new Extra Pulmonary TB cases, Prospective study in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. (external link)
• Syeda Mariam Riaz; Lisbeth Sviland; Harald G Wiker et al. (2018). Mycobacterial antigen accumulation in foamy macrophages in pulmonary tuberculosis lesions is associated with tissue destruction and disease severity. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Yasir Shahzad; Ayyaz Kiani (2018). A survey of knowledge, attitude, and practices of private retail pharmacies staff in tuberculosis care: Study from Dera Ismail Khan City, Pakistan. (external link)
• Ida Marie Hoel; Tehmina Mustafa (2018). Forbedring av tuberkulosediagnostikk ved bruk av immunokjemi-baserte metoder. (external link)
• Sabira Tahseen; Atiqa Qayyum; Muhammad Jamil et al. (2018). Bacteriological examination for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis -Is it sufficient?. (external link)
• Melissa Davidsen Jørstad; Msafiri Marijani; Anne Ma Dyrhol-Riise et al. (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. (external link)
• Melissa Davidsen Jørstad; Jörg Assmus; Msafiri Marijani et al. (2018). Diagnostic delay in extrapulmonary tuberculosis and impact on patient morbidity: A study from Zanzibar. (external link)

2022

• Sabira Tahseen; Atiqa Ambreen; Sheeba Ishtiaq et al. (2022). The value of histological examination in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis in the era of rapid molecular diagnosis. (external link)
• Noor Ulain; Asif Ali; Momin Khan et al. (2022). Improving diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis by combination of cytomorphology and MPT64 immunostaining on cell blocks from the fine needle aspirates. (external link)
• Erlend Grønningen; Marywinnie Nanyaro; Lisbet Sviland et al. (2022). Improved diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in adults with and without HIV in Mbeya, Tanzania using the MPT64 antigen detection test. (external link)
• Juan Pablo Lopez Cervantes; Rajesh Shigdel; S. Accordini et al. (2022). Parental TB associated with offspring asthma and rhinitis. (external link)

2020

• Sabira Tahseen; Faisal Masood Khanzada; Alamdar Hussain Rizvi et al. (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. (external link)
• Sabira Tahseen; Faisal Masood Khanzada; Aurangzaib Quadir Baloch et al. (2020). Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan- A nation-wide multicenter retrospective study. (external link)
• Ida Marie Hoel; Heidi Syre; Ingerid Skarstein et al. (2020). Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a high-income low-tuberculosis prevalence setting. (external link)
• Syeda Mariam Riaz; Gunnar Aksel Bjune; Harald G Wiker et al. (2020). Mycobacterial antigens accumulation in foamy macrophages in murine pulmonary tuberculosis lesions: Association with necrosis and making of cavities. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Ida Wergeland; Kamaldeen Baba et al. (2020). Mycobacterial antigens in pleural fluid mononuclear cells to diagnose pleural tuberculosis in HIV co-infected patients. (external link)
• Ida Marie Hoel; Lisbeth Sviland; Heidi Syre et al. (2020). Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis using the MPT64 antigen detection test in a high-income low tuberculosis prevalence setting. (external link)

1998

• Tehmina Mustafa; S Phuy; A.H. Nerland et al. (1998). A novel mechanism of immune evasion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Sabai Phuy; A.H. Nerland et al. (1998). A novel mechanism of immune evasion by <I>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</I>. (external link)
• Selamawit Tadesse; F Abebe; S Phuy et al. (1998). TGF in primary progressive, latent and reactivated murine tuberculosis. Abstract 86. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; S Phuy; Azeb Tadesse et al. (1998). A Mouse Model for Latent Tuberculosis. (external link)
• S Phuy; Azeb Tadesse; Selamawit Tadesse et al. (1998). Compartmentalized immune responses in the spleens and lungs of chronically Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected mice. (external link)
• Azeb Tadesse; F Abebe; S Phuy et al. (1998). Study of cytokines involved in progressive primary disease and latent tuberculosis in mice. Abstract 244 (Host response: pathogenesis, latency, immunogencicity, vaccine). (external link)
• S Phuy; Azeb Tadesse; Selamawit Tadesse et al. (1998). Compartmentalized immune responses in the spleens and lungs of chronically Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected mice. (external link)
• S. Phuy; Selamawit Tadesse; Tehmina Mustafa et al. (1998). Compartmentalized immune responses in the spleens and lungs of chronically <I>mycobacterium tuberculosis</I> infected mice. (external link)
• Sabai Phuy; Tehmina Mustafa; Tor Hofstad et al. (1998). A Mouse Model for Latent Tuberculosis. (external link)

2014

• Agerie Tadele; Demissew Balcha Beyene; Jemal Hussein et al. (2014). Immunocytochemical detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis complex specific antigen, MPT64, improves diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis and tuberculous pleuritis. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Nils Anders Leversen; Lisbet Sviland et al. (2014). Differential in vivo expression of mycobacterial antigens in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected lungs and lymph node tissues. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Harald G Wiker; Morten Harboe et al. (2014). Mycobacterial antigens disappear from host tissue during latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. (external link)

2012

• Nils Anders Leversen; Lisbeth Sviland; Harald G Wiker et al. (2012). Long-term persistence of BCG Pasteur in lungs of C57BL/6 mice following intranasal infection. (external link)
• Manju Purohit; Tehmina Mustafa; Harald G Wiker et al. (2012). Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis in aspirate, effusions, and cerebrospinal fluid by immunocytochemical detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigen MPT64. (external link)

2003

• Tehmina Mustafa (2003). Title: Role of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of murine and human tuberculosis lesions; immune evasion strategies of mycobacteria. (external link)
• Stanley J. Mogga; Tehmina Mustafa; Lisbeth Sviland et al. (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. (external link)

2004

• Tehmina Mustafa; Lisbeth Sviland (2004). Role of Fasligand/Fas system and apoptosis in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. (external link)

2026

• Shoaib Hassan; Mala Kanthali; Manju Purohit et al. (2026). The catastrophic financial burden of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and asset index-based inequality analysis: A prospective cohort study analysing patients’ impoverishment. (external link)

2002

• Stanley J. Mogga; Tehmina Mustafa; L. Sviland et al. (2002). Increased Bcl-2 and reduced Bax expression in infected macrophages in slowly progressive primary murine mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. (external link)

2001

• Tehmina Mustafa; Gunnar Bjune; Roland Jonsson et al. (2001). Increased expression of fas ligand in human tuberculosis and leprosy lesions: a potential novel mechanism of immune evasion in mycobacterial infection. (external link)

2009

• Manju Purohit; Tehmina Mustafa; Odd Mørkve et al. (2009). Gender differences in the clinical diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis-a hospital-based study from Central India. (external link)
• Tehmina Mustafa; Harald G Wiker; Lisbet Sviland (2009). Differential expression of mycobacterial antigen MPT64, apoptosis and inflammatory markers in multinucleated giant cells and epithelioid cells in granulomas caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

• An integrated multidisciplinary approach to improve diagnosis and management of tuberculosis in children (Funded by HelseVest/UiB).
• Better health through partnership in higher education and bilateral student mobility: Collaboration between Pakistan and Norway (NORPART)
• Pathogenesis of human Post-Primary Tuberculosis: Novel insights from Norwegian archival tissue material of the pre-antibiotic era
• Risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low tuberculosis prevalence setting
• Association between tuberculosis and obstructive lung diseases and allergies
• Biomarkers in tuberculosis: implications for improved diagnosis, monitoring treatment response, and host-directed therapies
• Proteomic and bioinformatic studies of the host therapeutic response to tuberculosis treatment
• Improving diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by implementation of a sensitive and specific assay in routine tuberculosis diagnostics (Funding- Research Council of Norway, GLOVBVAC program)