The treatment of tuberculosis requires daily intake of multiple medications for between 6 months and 2 years, or more [1, 2]. This long duration predisposes to the interruption of medications with the risk of the emergence of drug resistance, death, disease persistence and continued transmission of tuberculosis in the community. Directly observed treatment, together with patient support, has be...

Tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease. It usually infects the lung, but dissemination to different organs results in severe form of tuberculosis, i.e., disseminated tuberculosis. The situation becomes even more challenging when infection due multidrug-resistant strains Mycobacterium present case very rare one where 17-year-old Indian girl presented with headache, vomiting, cough expectora...

extrapulmonary tuberculosis is a complication of pulmonary tuberculosis that is disseminated through hematogenous or lymphatic system and may involve any organs. we present a case of primary tuberculosis of the penis that is a very rare presentation of tuberculosis. patient the patient was a 43-year-old man who had kidney transplantation. he admitted with painful ulceration on the glans of peni...

BACKGROUND Non-adherence to anti tuberculosis treatment is one of the crucial challenges in improving tuberculosis cure-rates and reducing further healthcare costs. The poor adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment among patients with tuberculosis is a major problem in Ethiopia. Hence, this study assessed level of non-adherence to anti-tuberculosis therapy and associated factors among patients ...

purpose: to evaluate the results of one-site phacotrabeculectomy using sutureless tunnel technique without peripheral iridectomy (no-pi) in glaucoma patients with cataract methods: a retrospective study of cases which has been recorded of patients who have had one-site no-pi phacotrabeculectomy using sutureless tunnel technique. we collected pre- and postoperative data in all patients including...

The review presents data from 55 publications describing the relationship between gut microbiome and tuberculosis. It possible mechanisms by which intestinal microbiota can influence various parts of immune system. describes effect anti-tuberculosis drugs on as well prospects for use probiotics in treatment prevention

BACKGROUND The most important sequela of endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) is bronchial stenosis, which causes wheezing, dyspnea and obstructive pneumonia. But there have been no reports about applying cryotherapy for granular EBTB that did not show luminal narrowing of the bronchus at diagnosis. Whether this technique is useful for preventing granular EBTB from progressing into stenosis needs ...

efficient tuberculosis treatment requires the use of good quality medicines. the present study developed a method of dosage by high performance liquid chromatography (hplc) coupled with the dissolution of a combination of fixed doses of four anti-tuberculous (isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol hydrochlorate, rifampicine). the elaborated protocol was thereafter used to assess the quality of med...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is a global pandemic which affects millions of people every year. The treatment of tuberculosis consists of simultaneous use of a number of drugs for a prolonged period of time, therefore anti-tuberculosis treatment induced toxicity is a real problem. Many risk factors which make a tuberculosis patient prone to the development of hepatotoxicity associated with the anti-t...

tuberculosis remains as an important socioeconomical and medical problem throughout the world and especially in iran. early and timely diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis is vital to initiate prompt treatment. current diagnostic methods are either slow or lack enough sensitivity or specificity. several mycobacterial antigens are involved in the complex interaction with the im...