A Case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Preceded by Skin Tuberculosis

A Review of Skin Tuberculosis

مقدمه: سل جلدی برای نخستین بار در سال ۱۸۲۶ توسط لن تشخیص داده شد و از آن پس انواع مختلف سل جلدی شناسایی و شرح داده شده اند که وفور آنها در هر جامعه ای، ارتباط مستقیم با شیوع سل احشایی در آن جامعه دارد. در گذشته سل جلدی در بسیاری از کشورها شایع بود به طوری که در قرن نوزدهم لوپوس ولکاریس در اروپا اندمیک شد. امروزه در کشورهای پیشرفته، به موازات کاهش شیوع سل احشایی، سل جلدی به ندرت دیده می شود؛ در ...

A STUDY OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DRUG RESISTANCE IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem in both developing and developed countries. Drug-resistant tuberculosis is an increasing health problem and serious challenge to tuberculosis (TB) control programs. Information about the susceptibility pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates against anti-tuberculosis drugs is an important aspect to TB control. The objectives of the s...

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

A rare case of pulmonary tuberculosis with simultaneous pulmonary and skin sarcoidosis: a case report

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis and sarcoidosis are chronic diseases that rarely occur concomitantly. Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder characterized pathologically by the presence of non-caseating granulomas in involved tissues. Tuberculosis is infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis characterized by granulomas with caseous necrosis. CASE PRESENTATION We present a c...

Laryngeal tuberculosis without pulmonary involvement

Background: Tuberculosis of the larynx is a rare form of tuberculosis. Patients usually present with hoarseness or dysphagia and other nonspecific constitutional symptoms like fever or localized pain. In this study, we present a case of primary vocal cord lesion with tuberculosis. Case presentation: A 72 year old man presented with hoarseness of voice, low grade fever, and night sweating with i...