background: pulmonary tuberculosis is still the most common form of tuberculosis in hiv infected patients having differ­ent presentations according to the degree of immunosuppression. this study appraised the impact of hiv infection on clini­cal, laboratory and radiological presentations of tuberculosis. methods: the clinical, laboratory and radiological presentations of pulmonary tb in 56 hiv-...

Abstract Background Asthma is still considered a major chronic respiratory disease that affects large number in the world. The association between COVID-19 infection and asthma was studied different ways focusing on hospital-admitted patients. This study aimed to assess outcome of patients with and/or COVID adults attending outpatient pulmonary clinic over three successive months from clinical ...

background and objectives: alterations in cxcl10 (a th1 chemokine) expression have been associated with various diseases. the aim of this study was to evaluate the serum cxcl10 levels in h. pylori -infected patients with peptic ulcer (pu), h. pylori -infected asymptomatic (as) subjects and healthy h. pylori -negative subjects, and also to determine its association with bacterial virulence facto...

background: helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common gastrointestinal infections worldwide. predominant t-helper 1 (th1) responses with increased gamma interferon (ifn- γ) levels have been proposed to play an important role in h. pylori-induced peptic ulcer. however, bacterial factors contributing to the initiation of th1 polarization of h. pylori-specific immune responses have n...