Lupus vulgaris is a progressive form of skin tuberculosis occurring in the patients with a moderate to high degree of immunity. It is reported to be the commonest type of skin tuberculosis. Our case was a 40 year-old man who referred with multiple, erythematous, annular plaques, 30-50 mm in diameter with active margin and few studded pustules throughout the lesions. Our first impression was tin...

background and objectives: tuberculosis (tb) is the major public health problem in the world. each year there are 2-3 million deaths worldwide caused by tb. the increasing incidence of multi drug resistance tuberculosis (mdr-tb) worldwide highlights the urgent need to search for new anti-tuberculosis compounds. it has been reported that medicinal plant, dracocephalum kotschyi, possesses some an...

background: lower lung field tuberculosis is atypical presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis which often causes confusion in diagnosis. hiv/aids epidemic has considerably increased its incidence. this study was designed to identify the prevalence and different clinical conditions of lung tuberculosis in conjunction with its common clinical and radiological presentations and its treatment.   met...

introduction mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (mtbc) are causative agents of human and animal tuberculosis.differentiation of mtbc members is required for appropriate treatment of individual patients and for epidemiologicalpurposes and reduction in drug resistances. material and methods 1345 patients were collected with clinical suspicions of tuberculosis who referred to the health care cente...

the increasing incidence of multi drug resistance tuberculosis (mdr-tb) and extensively drug resistance tb (xdr-tb) worldwide highlight the urgent need to search for newer anti-tuberculosis compounds. it has been determined that pharmaceutical plant, hops ( humulus lupulus ), possesses some antibacterial effect. in this study, the antimycobacterial effect of this plant on rifampin sensitive and...

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 study...

background: mycobacterium tuberculosis lipid antigens take part in pathogenicity of the bacterium but the response of monocytes/macrophages to these antigens in tubercu-losis is not well known. objective: the aim of current investigation was to study the m. tuberculosis lipid antigens in tuberculosis pathogenesis. methods: in the present study m. tuberculosis lipid antigens were extracted. mono...

introduction tuberculosis is a contagious disease and a main cause of mortality in humans thus the world health organization has declared it as a global emergency. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of tuberculosis and involving factors in patients referring to the diagnosis laboratory of tuberculosis in ahvaz east health center. materials and methods the present study is a re...

background tubercle bacilli most often are transmitted from one person by the airborne route. the aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of latent tuberculosis infection and active pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with chronic psychiatric disorders in hamedan. patients and methods in a cross sectional study, 215 patients with chronic psychiatric disorders were investigated...

persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) are particularly susceptible to tuberculosis, either by latent infection reactivation or by a primary infection with rapid progression to active disease. this study was done to determine the frequency of tuberculosis infection among iranian patients with hiv/aids. a total of 262 hiv/aids patients attending all three hiv/aids health ca...