Dr. Maragliano's Anti-Tuberculous Serum

Tuberculous spondylitis: abscess drainage after failure of anti-tuberculous therapy.

Spinal tuberculous abscesses usually respond to anti-tuberculous drugs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of surgical drainage after failure of first-line anti-tuberculous drugs. Patients with spinal instability or vertebral collapse were excluded from the study. The authors retrospectively reviewed 11 patients. The operation was successful in all patients. Anterior/posterio...

Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-Α) Levels after Anti-Tuberculous Therapy

The monocyte/macrophage-derived cytokine, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-α) plays a central role in effective granulomatous immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in humans. The present study was conducted to document changes in the serum TNF-α level of patients after varying durations of anti-tuberculous therapy as compared to normal healthy controls. A comparative study was condu...

O-33: Serum Anti-M

Tuberculous uveitis: association between anti-tuberculous therapy and clinical response in a non-endemic country

BACKGROUND The study aims to report the association between successful uveitis control following anti-tuberculous therapy (ATT) for uveitis associated with a positive tuberculosis (TB) screening test in a low endemic setting. A retrospective chart review of cases between 2010 and 2017 at a tertiary uveitis referral center in the United States of America was conducted. Subjects with any form of ...

Anti-Tetanus Serum