Tuberculous osteomyelitis is an uncommon infection that usually involves the vertebrae. An otherwise healthy young man with a chronic discharging sinus on his right foot caused by tuberculous osteomyelitis is described. The risk factors, clinical features, radiological findings, and investigations of tuberculous osteomyelitis are briefly reviewed. Tuberculous osteomyelitis usually runs an insid...

Background: Patient immune status might be indicative of the variance in bacterial genetics in drug-resistant tuberculous pleuritis and could be used for predicting the risk of multi-drug resistant tuberculous pleuritis (MDR-TB). Objective: To determine the significance of Th2/Th1 ratio and concentration of PD-L1 in the pleural effusions for prediction of MDR-T...

In 82% of cows, contamination the genitals with conditionally pathogenic microflora E. coli was established in 17% cases, S. aureus - 15%, P. mirabilis 14%, pyogenes pyogenes, R. vulgaris, C. albicans 14.0%; aureus, coli, mirabilis, albicans, A. fumigatus, M. racemosus 12% cases latent endometritis. salpingitis, microorgans were isolated association 28.5% cases; 27.7% fumigatus 25.2%; 13.1%, re...

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) can present as acute pneumonia. Differentiation of tuberculous from non-tuberculous community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an important challenge in endemic areas. The purpose of this study was the comparison between characteristics of tuberculous and non-tuberculous CAP patients. METHODS In this prospective and observational study, all adult patients (...

INTRODUCTION Tuberculous peritonitis remains a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. Many studies have investigated the usefulness of adenosine deaminase (ADA) in ascites for the diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis; however, the overall diagnostic accuracy of ADA for tuberculous peritonitis remains unclear. The aim of the present meta-analysis was to determine the overall accuracy of ADA measur...

T he concept of lower genital tract infection with chlamydia or gonorrhoea causing cervicitis and vaginal discharge is familiar to most sexual health physicians. Likewise, upper genital tract infection with inflammation of the fallopian tubes and adnexae in the form of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is also a common clinical syndrome with well recognised implications for future fertility. It...