OBJECTIVE To determine the sensitivity of differential avian and human delayed-type hypersensitivity skin testing in the diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis. METHOD Retrospective review of all patients with culture proved non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymph node infections who also had differential avian and human skin testing performed over a 10 year period from 1986 to ...

The incidence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)-related death has increased globally recently. To obtain information of the species and characterization of pathogens involved in NTM pulmonary infection in Southern-central China, we identified 160 non-tuberculous infection cases from 3995 acid-fast bacilli (AFB)-positive tuberculous suspects. We then randomly selected 101 non-tuberculous pat...

BACKGROUND Conventional tests are not always helpful in making a diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy. Many studies have investigated the usefulness of adenosine deaminase (ADA) in pleural fluid for the early diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy. We conducted a meta-analysis to determine the accuracy of ADA measurements in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy. METHODS After a systematic review of ...

Settings. Tuberculosis is a major health problem in the Republic of Yemen. Tuberculous lymphadenitis is one of the most common forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Therefore, this retrospective descriptive study was conducted in Yemen to investigate the morphological pattern of tuberculous lymphadenitis, as well as to assess the reliability measures of (ZN) Ziehl-Neelsen and fluorescent method...

OBJECTIVE To determine the presence of AQP-10 in the ileum of patients suffering from intestinal tuberculosis. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Anatomy, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, in year 2010. METHODOLOGY Thirty seven paraffin embedded blocks of either surgically resected specimens or ileal biopsies with diagnosis of i...

The clinical features, investigations, treatment and outcome were studied in 104 patients with definite or probable tuberculous meningitis. The diagnosis of definite tuberculous meningitis required the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from cultures, or a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for M. tuberculosis. In probable tuberculous meningitis, cultures and the PCR assay were ne...

Secondary thigh abscesses are rare, and their cause is often obscure. We report a case of an elderly diabetic who presented with thigh abscess secondary to tuberculous sacroilitis. Key words: Secondary thigh abscess, retroperitoneal abscess, tuberculous sacroilitis.

Three patients with tuberculous meningitis complicated by hypersecretion of anti-diuretic hormone are described. The recognition of this complication is important in the treatment and prognosis of tuberculous meningitis.

Tuberculosis remains one of the major causes morbidity and mortality in developing countries like India despite intense health campaigning Government Programmes. Tuberculous lymphadenitis is most common extrapulmonary manifestation tuberculosis; incidence still on a higher margin, especially resource-poor areas, which often goes unnoticed to date as diagnostic challenge Pathologists. The novel ...

BACKGROUND Adenosine Deaminase Activity (ADA) is a commonly used marker for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion. There has been concern about its usefulness in immunocompromised patients, especially HIV positive patients with very low CD4 counts. The objective of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of ADA in pleural fluid in patients with low CD4 counts. MATERIALS AND METHODS...