Treatment of tuberculosis with main anti-tuberculosis drugs (OAT) includes isoniazid (INH), rifampin (RIF), ethambutanol (EMB), streptomycin (SM), and pyrazinamide (PZA). Although most Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs are acceptable in therapy, they have potential side effects, including the effects hematological reactions such as anemia. This study's purpose was to compare HB levels before after intens...

Tuberculosis of the foot is an uncommon entity and the reported incidence is 0.1% to 0.3%. The isolated tuberculosis of talonavicular joint is exceptionally rare. In tuberculosis of the foot and ankle, the presentation is usually nonspecific. The diagnosis of tuberculosis affecting foot is difficult, especially when it is isolated. In doubtful cases, diagnosis should be confirmed by histopathol...

INTRODUCTION Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies have been considered very specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Some studies have shown that these antibodies can be positive in infectious diseases like TB, HIV, etc. METHODS Fifty patients of tuberculosis both pulmonary and extra-pulmonary were enrolled in the study from inpatient and outpatient departments from May 2012...

The emergence of drug-resistant Tuberculosis has become a global health problem. Herbal drugs promise other potential options for treatment. This study aimed to investigate the anti-mycobacterial activity three plants: Piper longum, Cressa cretica and Calotropis gigantea. methanolic extract these plants was tested against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv using BACTEC MGIT-960 Automated system, ...

We present two patients with inflammatory bowel disease who, despite negative tuberculosis screening, developed a de novo tuberculosis infection after the start of anti tumor necrosis factor alpha treatment. We discuss current screening methods and their limitations, the approach after positive screening and the timing to resume anti-TNFα treatment after TB infection. We shortly mention the imm...

miliary tuberculosis (tb) is due to hematogenous spread of mycobacterium tuberculosis. clinical manifestations are nonspecific and protean, depending on the predominant site of involvement.we evaluated the clinical manifestations of 15 patients with miliary tb. the diagnosis of miliary tuberculosis was based on the identification of miliary nodules on chest radiography and one of the three foll...

A 22-year-old woman was admitted into our hospital because of generalized purpura and abnormalities in her chest X-ray. Isolated thrombocytopenia and elevated platelet-associated IgG levels were detected, while the bone marrow examination was normal. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and consequently she was diagnosed as having active tuberculosis. Hig...

This study determined the resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to 4 first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in children with pulmonary tuberculosis at the Iranian National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases from 1999 to 2004. There were 350 children with positive cultures over the study period: 7 (2%) were resistant to at least one of the 4 anti-tuberculosis drugs. Prim...

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a soil-dwelling aerobic bacterium prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions, particularly Southeast Asia Northern Australia. It the causal organism of melioidosis, severe infection that can manifest as chronic debilitating pneumonia resembling pulmonary tuberculosis. Here, we report case tuberculosis, covid-19, paragonimus co-infe...

a b s t r a c t a few case reports of coinfections with nocardia and mycobacterium tuberculosis (tb) have previously been published in the literature. we report on a case of concomitant pulmonary nocardiosis and tuberculosis, in a recently diagnosed 55-year-old woman, with rheumatoid arthritis, who had been taking a short course of a low dose corticosteroid. the patient was treated with a combi...