The aim is to study the significance of adenosine deaminase levels in the diagnosis and differentiation of tuberculous pleural effusion from other non tuberculous pleural effusions. METHOD: A total of eighty (80) patients of pleural effusion were included in the study, out of which 50 were cases of tuberculous pleural effusion and 30 controls of non tuberculous pleural effusion. RESULTS: Adenos...

Tuberculosis (TB) has become a rare disease in the developed countries but it is still a serious problem in developing countries. Incidence of tuberculous osteomyelitis of the jaw bones is very low. This rare incidence is the primary reason that this lesion gets mis-diagnosed many times. Here we report the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of a case, which is a classical presentation of tuberc...

Tuberculous tracheobronchitis is a frequent and important complication or concomitant finding in pulmonary tuberculosis. The stage, extent and course of the pathological bronchial changes usually determine the type of therapeutic procedures to be used for the control of the pulmonary tuberculosis. Treatment of tuberculous tracheobronchitis was unsatisfactory prior to the use of streptomycin. Th...

BACKGROUND In the USA, Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is more likely to be found in foreign-born individuals, and those co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are more likely to have tuberculous meningitis. The literature is lacking in details about the clinical workup of patients presenting with tuberculous meningitis with encephalopathic features who are co-infected with HI...

Tuberculosis and malignancy are two common causes of exudative pleural effusions. In this retrospective study of 52 patients with tuberculous pleural effusions and 32 patients with malignant effusions, the median age of patients with malignant effusions (68.5 years) was older than that of patients with tuberculous effusions (34.5 years) (p < 0.001). Both types of effusion occurred more frequent...

1 Valdes L. Diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy using the biologic parameters adenosine deaminase, lysozyme, and interferon gamma. Chest 1993; 103:458-65 2 Ocaiia I, Martinez-Vazquez JM, Segura RM, Fernandez de Sevilla T, Capdevila JA. Adenosine deaminase in pleural fluids: test for diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion. Chest 1983; 84:51-3 3 Van Keimpema ARJ. Adenosine deaminase activity, no...

BACKGROUND Although the prevalence of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis has decreased after the wide use of anti-tuberculous agents, recently the number of reports with the disease has slightly increased in accordance with advances in the diagnostic tools. A case of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis without any tuberculous lesions in other organs (primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis) was reported. CASE R...

"Non-tuberculous mycobacteria" (NTM) is a general term for pathogenic mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis and leprae. Non-tuberculous are widely present in the natural environment, including soil water, with over 150 reported species. abscessus rare among mycobacteria, there few reports of extrapulmonary lesions due to abscessus. We describe case osteomyelitis an adult woman's le...

premature ovarian failure (pof) is a heterogeneous syndrome with several causative factors. autoimmune mechanisms are involved in pathogenesis of 4-30 % of pof cases. the present review focuses on the role of autoimmunity in the pathophysiology of pof. the evidences for an autoimmune etiology are: demonstration of ovarian autoantibodies, the presence of lymphocytic oophoritis, and association w...