characteristics and pattern of tuberculosis among patients presented at one of tertiary care hospital peshawar, pakistan.

Characteristics and Pattern of Tuberculosis among Patients Presented at One of Tertiary Care Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan

Pulmonary tuberculosis is an air born infection disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality particularly in developing countries (1-3).There are 33 million cases of TB worldwide, 3 million annual death and 8 million persons developed active TB every year ¾ of which concentrated of productive age group (4). If TB is detected early and fully treate...

Characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis at a tertiary care hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan

OBJECTIVES To determine characteristics and treatment outcomes of multidrugs resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients and risk factors for poor outcomes in MDR-TB patients in a tertiary care hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan.  METHODS This retrospective study was conducted at the Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB Unit, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan and included all MDR-TB p...

Histopathological Pattern of Intracranial Tumors in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Peshawar, Pakistan

Background: Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors include brain and spinal cord tumors, where as metastatic tumors are extradural usually. Objective: To know the histopathological pattern of central nervous system tumors reported in Pathology Department Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. Pakistan. Methodology: Study Design: Descriptive case series. Setting: st st Pathology department, Lady Reading H...

Trauma management in a tertiary care hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan.

BACKGROUND With an increasing incidence of road traffic accidents and weapon injuries there is increasing need for improvement in trauma management. Liver being a highly vascular organ and strategically located is difficult to manage. METHODS Study was conducted in Surgical 'A' Unit, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar from August 2003 to September 2005. It was a descriptive study and all patient...

liver disease pattern in a tertiary care hospital of peshawar, pakistan

Risk factors for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in patients at tertiary care hospital, Peshawar.

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of common risk factors for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in patients presented at a tertiary care hospital, Peshawar. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional, observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Pulmonology Department, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, from December 2006 to October 2007. METHODOLOGY Patients with positive AFB culture and sensit...