منابع مشابه
Primary Rifampicin Drug Resistant Disseminated Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
Disseminated tuberculosis (TB) refers to involvement of two or more non-contiguous sites. It is a common mode of presentation of tuberculosis in patients both with and without HIV/AIDS in India. However, the presence of primary drug resistance in disseminated tuberculosis involving only the extrapulmonary sites in an immunocompetent adult is rare. Extrapulmonary TB accounts for approximately 15...
متن کاملExtrapulmonary tuberculosis
316 Tuberculosis can involve any organ system in the body. While pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common presentation, extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is also an important clinical problem. The term EPTB has been used to describe isolated occurrence of of tuberculosis at body sites other than the lung. However, when an extrapulmonary focus is evident in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosi...
متن کامل[Extrapulmonary tuberculosis].
Although the respiratory tract is the major site for tuberculous lesions, all organs can be affected. The authors review the clinical files of 25 patients admitted to our Department with lung and/or pleural tuberculous disease, confirmed by bacteriology or histopathology, who simultaneously suffered from tuberculosis in other organs. We included 20 men and 5 women, aged from 10 to 74 years (mea...
متن کامل[Extrapulmonary tuberculosis].
Each year, there are more than eight million new cases of tuberculosis and 1.3 million deaths. There is a renewed interest in extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis as its relative frequency increases. Among extrapulmonary organs, pleura and lymph nodes are the most common. Their diagnosis is often difficult and is based on clinical, radiological, bacteriological and histological findings. Extrap...
متن کاملExtensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis is defined as disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, any fluoroquinolone, and at least one of three injectable second-line drugs (amikacin, capreomycin, or kanamycin). The definition has applicable clinical value and has allowed for more uniform surveillance in varied international settings...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Chemotherapy
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2093-2340
DOI: 10.3947/ic.2011.43.3.258