1 Medical officer, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India 3 Professor, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India 4 Senior Professor, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India Corresponding Author Dr Sa...

BACKGROUND Mortality among patients with tuberculosis (TB)/HIV is highest during the first few months of antituberculous therapy. The objective of this study was to assess the factors associated with early mortality among TB/HIV patients and whether these factors are similar for HAART naïve and those with prior HAART initiation. METHODS Prospective cohort study including HIV patients with tub...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES There is a paucity of data from India on response to treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-TB co-infection. This study was done to assess the frequency and pattern of TB, outcome of anti-tuberculosis treatment, and the factors related to poor outcome of TB treatment in adult patients with HIV infection. METHODS Retrospective...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) co-infection with HIV is becoming a global emergency especially in the sub-Saharan Africa. Its diagnosis is notoriously challenging in countries with poor resource settings with limited diagnostic facilities. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, pattern, outcome, and clinical risk factors of TB in HIV co-infected children in Abuja, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHO...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is a rare manifestation of childhood TB. Abdominal TB is characterized by long-lasting abdominal symptoms, which are usually confused with other conditions, and the diagnosis is usually delayed. METHODS During a 5-year period, we identified 10 cases of abdominal TB in a tertiary care children's hospital. Data including demographic characteristics...

To the Editor: Tuberculosis (TB) has been extensively described in association with various malignancies, especially Hodgkin’s disease (HD) [1]. When TB is accompanying malignant lymphomas is often characterized by an atypical clinical course, with unusual extrapulmonary localizations [2]. Clinical forms of cutaneous TB have been described: These are: the primary TB inoculation, lupus vulgaris ...

Though tuberculosis (TB) among pregnant women is not unusual in our country, documented cases of congenital tuberculosis are rare. Diagnosis is often difficult as signs and symptoms in a neonate are non- specific. Maternal history of tuberculosis is often missed, as many of them are asymptomatic. Here we present a neonate who was operated in view of intestinal obstruction which intra operativel...

Histoplasmosis is a frequent fungal opportunistic infection in people living with HIV (PLHIV), associated every year to total of 5% 15% AIDS-related deaths among this population. In 2020, the first global guidelines for diagnosing and managing disseminated histoplasmosis PLHIV was published. This document recommends (1) detection circulating Histoplasma antigens as recommended laboratory assay ...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) in young and HIV-infected children is frequently diagnosed at hospital level. In settings where general hospitals do not function as TB reporting units, the burden and severity of childhood TB may not be accurately reflected in routine TB surveillance data. Given the paucibacillary nature of childhood TB, microbiological surveillance alone will miss the majority of ...

INTRODUCTION Depression is commonly comorbid with chronic physical illnesses and is associated with a range of adverse clinical outcomes. Currently, the literature on the role of depression in determining the course and outcome of tuberculosis (TB) is very limited. AIM Our aim is to examine the relationship between depression and TB among people newly diagnosed and accessing care for TB in a ...