The study was done to evaluate the ADA activity in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and its relationship with clinical, radiological and laboratory parameters. The study was carried out on 142 patients suspected from various pulmonary disorders from July 2008 to January 2009. Forty five normal healthy individuals were included as control subjects for ADA evaluation. Four groups of patien...

Objective—To determine the sensitivity of diVerential avian and human delayedtype hypersensitivity skin testing in the diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis. Method—Retrospective review of all patients with culture proved nontuberculous mycobacterial lymph node infections who also had diVerential avian and human skin testing performed over a 10 year period from 1986 to 1996. ...

Meckel’s diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of gastrointestinal(GI) tract. It’s clinical presentation varies with age and overlaps multiple GI pathologies. We are presenting a case 18-year old boy overt lower bleeding, suspected to be intestinal tuberculosis based on imaging Mantoux test. Initially responded anti-tubercular treatment. However, his symptoms bleed recurred, repeat...

The total blood lymphocyte proliferation assay (TLP) was evaluated as a screening test for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and was compared with the tuberculin (Mantoux) skin test. The results of TLP assays performed on 33 patients with tuberculosis and 37 non-tuberculous subjects were compared with results of skin tests performed in the previous year. There was a high correlation bet...

OBJECTIVE To determine the sensitivity of differential avian and human delayed-type hypersensitivity skin testing in the diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis. METHOD Retrospective review of all patients with culture proved non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymph node infections who also had differential avian and human skin testing performed over a 10 year period from 1986 to ...

Objective: To compare the efficacy of the conventional skin test and a novel flow cytometric whole blood assay in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in patients with rheumatologic diseases evaluated for treatment with tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α-blocking agents. Methods: Prospective study of 97 consecutively enrolled patients, who were assessed for the presence of LTBI thr...

Aim. Selection and combination of immunodiagnostic tests to detect active tuberculosis (TB) in children with concomitant bronchopulmonary pathologies. Materials methods. A prospective study adolescents ( n = 236) was conducted, which included cases localized pulmonary tuberculosis; associated allergic or infectious inflammatory forms chronic nonspecific lung diseases (CNSLD); under a significan...

Objective: to determine the capabilities of quantiferon test in detecting latent tuberculosis infection patients with comorbid pathology. Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis results was carried out 420 suspected or a hyperergic Mantoux Diaskintest reaction using QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus system (Qiagen, Germany). Results. Different levels were established different age groups patholo...