symphysis pubis is an uncommon site of tuberculosis and only few cases have been reported in the literature. it is important to distinguish it from the more common entities like osteitis pubis and osteomyelitis of pubis symphysis to prevent delay in diagnosis and minimize morbidity and prevent complications. we report a rare case of tuberculosis of symphysis pubis in a 50-year-old indian female...

tuberculosis is a major health problem in iran and its laryngeal involvement is not uncommon. laryngeal tuberculosis is so infectious and delay in diagnosis and treatment could result spread of disease and causes divesting complications. we reviewed clinical and para-clinical characteristics of patients with laryngeal tuberculosis in iran. in a cross sectional study, patients with laryngeal tub...

With one-third of the estimated global population having tuberculosis and 10 million new cases added yearly, tuberculosis remains a persistent global public health problem requiring urgent attention. India has the highest tuberculosis burden (2.1 million new cases and 280,000 deaths annually) with the second largest diabetic population of the world. Nearly 40-50% adult population in India have ...

The adverse reactions of anti-tuberculosis drugs mainly include drug-induced liver injury, gastrointestinal reactions, and skin rash. Currently, the first-line anti-tuberculosis strategy in China includes the application of isoniazide, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. Despite the high effectiveness, the serious adverse reactions caused by this strategy may cause a lot of patients disco...

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) plays an essential role in the immunologic maintenance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Although an increased rate of tuberculosis has been reported in humans treated with anti-TNF biological agents, disparate rates of disease have been observed between those treated with infliximab, an anti-TNF antibody, and etanercept, a TNF-neutralizing TNF receptor (TNFR)...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the drug susceptibility pattern of isolated Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) against conventional anti-tuberculosis drugs in Dhaka, Bangladesh. METHODS Sputum samples from 101 suspected new and previously treated patients were collected and M. tuberculosis was identified by microscopic observation and Ziehl-Neelsen staining. Drug susceptibility was perform...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an on-going impact on global public health and new therapeutics to treat tuberculosis are urgently required. The emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis poses a serious threat to the control of this pathogen, and the development of drugs that are active against the resistant strains is vital. A medium-throughput assay using the Alamar Blue reagent was set-up to i...

Introduction: Spontaneous pneumothorax is a rare but serious complication of tuberculosis. Miliary tuberculosis (MT) severe form secondary to hematogenous spread Mycobacterium Objective: To report case MT complicated by pneumothorax. Methodology: This was 25-year-old patient, farmer, followed up at the Pneumo-phtisiology department CHU du Point G for whose condition improving after introduction...

SETTING Gaborone, Botswana. OBJECTIVE To determine if starting anti-tuberculosis treatment at clinics in Gaborone without co-located human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinics would delay time to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) initiation and be associated with lower survival compared to starting anti-tuberculosis treatment at clinics with on-site HIV clinics. DESIGN Retrospect...

Abdominal tuberculosis is common but it rare to diagnose through the contents of hernia. Clinical presentations abdominal are diverse depending on organ involved in cavity. Thirty-five-year-old female was admitted surgical ward Ajmal khan Tibbiya college hospital, Aligarh Muslim university with complaints a swelling infra-umbilical region previous vertical LSCS incision. Hernia repair surgery r...