BACKGROUND Tuberculosis. toxocariasis and toxoplasmosis are among the common infectious causes of lymphadenitis in children. Cases of Toxoplasma gondii and Toxocara spp co-infection have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION This case report describes a co-infection of Toxoplasma gondii, Toxocara spp and tuberculosis in a child with chronic lymphadenopathy and eosinophilia. CONCLUSION The case r...

This trial was conducted to explore the safety of recombinant fusion protein ESAT6-CFP10 as a skin test reagent for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Twenty-four healthy adult volunteers were recruited and randomized into four groups (groups A to D) to study four increasing doses of ESAT6-CFP10. All subjects in each dose group received an intradermal injection of reagent (0...

DW was a born in China with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. She was placed in an orphanage shortly after birth. At 19 months of age, a family in the United States adopted her, and shortly thereafter, she underwent uneventful cleft lip repair. At 20 months of age she had a positive Mantoux Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) test and was begun on Isoniazid monotherapy for possible latent...

An unusual combination of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and Turner's syndrome in a Saudi woman aged 20 years is presented. In addition to panhypogammaglobulinaemia, the patient had CD4+ T lymphocytopenia; however, there was evidence of in vivo activation of T cells and overproduction of soluble interleukin 2 receptor in culture supernate. Mantoux test was positive, but lymphoblastic r...

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 1051 VOLUME 42OCTOBER 17, 2005 and hepatosplenomegaly. She was started on ART due to clinical deterioration and immunological suppression. Her serial CD4 and virological parameters with ART regimes are depicted in Table I. At 91⁄2 years of age, she had positive Mantoux test (20 × 15 mm) with weight loss and normal X-ray chest. She was started on antituberculous therapy (ATT) c...

A 70-year-old white woman presented a papular zosteriform eruption on her right upper thorax and right arm. Shiny, erythematous-purplish or £esh-coloured papules 2 ^ 3 mm in diameter were observed, isolated or closely arranged in little plaques (Fig. 1). The patient complained only of mild itching; no systemic signs and symptoms were referred. Two months earlier the patient had a C5 ^ C6 right ...

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) and malnutrition are important causes of morbidity mortality in children the developing world. This study was done to determine prevalence tuberculosis severe acute (SAM) cases observe different presentations SAM. Method: prospective observational carried out Department Paediatrics Adolescent Medicine at a tertiary care center Nepal for duration one year from Dec...

A 38 years old woman presented with bilaterally symmetrical, painless swelling of the parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands. A fine needle aspiration biopsy revealed granulomatous histology with a few salivary ductal structures. On the basis of the histology, she was started on antituberculosis regimen until about 6 weeks later when she developed a skin rash on her shins, diagnosed as er...