A 17 month old boy presented with monoarthritis involving his knee, which started 7 month earlier, responding to NSAID therapy, respectively. On physical examination the only finding was the painful effusion and functional limitation of the right knee, with hyperaemic skin reaction above it. His BCG scar was normal. Laboratory evaluation showed mildly elevated CRP (21 mg/l) and C3. RF, ANA, ENA...

BACKGROUND This survey was focusing on health and oral hygiene status of primary school children at Lasbela district considering the comparatively less developed and socio demographically deprived part of the Country. METHODS A cross sectional survey was conducted to determine the health status of primary school children in seven tehseels of district Lasbela, Balochistan after applying propor...

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis karakteristik pasien tuberkulosis anak yang berobat jalan di poliklinik rawat Rumah Sakit Wahidin Sudirohusodo Makassar. Metode digunakan deskriptif analitik retrospektif. Data diambil dari data sekunder status Klinik Respirologi Anak RS tahun 2010. Hasil menunjukkan tidak ada hubungan antara gizi dengan diameter indurasi, maupun adanya scar BCG d...

INTRODUCTION: Currently, there are no laboratory tests or sensitive and specific molecular markers for the early diagnosis of leprosy. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with leprosy and investigate their immunological profile, comparing this with the type of lesion and the presence or absence of a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination scar. ME...

The collapse of North Korea's public health system has increased the development of tuberculosis (TB) in its populace. This study investigated the prevalence of active and latent TB infection (LTBI) in such people who have settled in the Republic of Korea since 1999. From 1999 to August 2006, 7,722 dislocated North Koreans entered the Republic of Korea and all were screened immediately for acti...

Some vaccines show poor efficacy in tropical countries. Within a birth cohort in Uganda, we investigated factors that might influence responses to BCG and tetanus immunisation. Whole blood assay responses to crude culture filtrate proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (cCFP)) and tetanus toxoid (TT) were examined among 1506 and 1433 one-year-olds, respectively. Maternal Mansonella perstans inf...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiological and clinical aspects of patients who applied to the Bursa Nilufer Tuberculosis Dispensary by investigating the trends in epidemics over three decades. METHOD In this retrospective observational study, the records of all tuberculosis cases (1630 patients) treated in the last 30 years (1985-2014) at the Bursa Nilufer Tuberculosi...