The prevalence of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) has been increasing over the past decade, due to the rising number of people with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and the development of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The genitourinary tract is the most common site of extrapulmonary TB. Diagnosis is often difficult because TB has a variety of clinical an...

several reports have indicated that infection with non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (ntm) is increasing worldwide.therefore,monitoring species causing micobacterial infection in any region is of great importance. this study was going to detect, differentiate, and identify pathogenic mycobacteria in primary clinical samples. eighty samples collected from tuberculosis suspected patients in isfahan/i...

introduction: infections by multidrug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis (mdr-tb) is a major public health challenge. secretion of proteins by m. tuberculosis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of the bacterium. we compared the protein profiles of susceptible m. tuberculosis and mdr-tb isolates using proteomic analyses, namely two dimensional gel electrophoresis (2de) and mass spectr...

Female genital tuberculosis (TB) remains as a major cause of tubal obstruction leading to infertility, especially in developing countries. The global prevalence of genital tuberculosis has increased during the past two decades due to increasing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Genital TB is commonly asymptomatic, and it is diagnosed during infertility investigations. Despite of recent...

Investigating the Effects of Changing Pattern AIDS Transmission on Prevalence Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Patients with HIV by Microscopic and Molecular Methods

Introducción: la infección tuberculosa latente es un estado de respuesta inmune tipo hipersensibilidad celular retardada del organismo a estimulación por antígenos Mycobacterium tuberculosis sin evidencia clínica y radiológica tuberculosis. Puede ser diagnosticada mediante prueba tuberculina o derivado proteico purificado tuberculina.

Background: Infertility has become nowadays not only a medical, but a social problem as well. Infertility in female is caused by various factors. Tubal disease is responsible for 25-35% of female infertility. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is the most common cause of tubal disease. Aim of the Study: To assess the rate of M. tuberculosis and C. trachomatis infections in patients with tubal fa...

Genitourinary Tuberculosis (GUTB) is the second most common extra-pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis (Tb) and an isolated involvement of genital organs is reported in 5-30% of the cases. Genital involvement results from primary reactivation of latent bacilli either in the epididymis or the prostate or by secondary spread from the already infected urinary organs. The epididymis are the comm...