Post tuberculosis obstructive airway disease: an underdiagnosed complication of pulmonary tuberculosis

Tuberculosis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

I read with great interest the article by Park et al. in which they evaluated the prevalence, awareness, and main risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary dis­ ease (COPD) in 8,969 Korean adults, taking into account sex, age, smoking history, social and nutrition status, in addition to asthma and tuberculosis history. It is worthy of note, however, that it was difficult to exclude the pos­...

Congenital tuberculosis: an underdiagnosed entity.

Congenital tuberculosis is an infrequently encountered condition although tuberculosis per se is continuing to be a major public health problem in our country. Among the few cases reported from our country, five were proven cases while one was of probable congenital tuberculosis (l-6). The age at time of diagnosis as well as the clinical picture of each of these cases was different and in all b...

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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...

Airway involvement in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Lymph gland involvement of the airways is common in young children with pulmonary tuberculosis. This lymph gland involvement leads to lymphobronchial tuberculosis, which presents with varying degrees of airway obstruction. These children are best assessed by fibreoptic bronchoscopy and are treated with the normal anti-tuberculosis regimens to which corticosteroids are added for a month and then...