cooperation of all health sectors and early diagnosis of the disease are the key factors for controlling tuberculosis. this study assesses the patterns of reported tuberculosis cases in iran.this was a cross sectional study. tuberculosis cases were defined according to world health organization and iran's national tb guidelines. final data were prepared for analysis using spss16 software.public...

in pott’s disease (tuberculous spondylitis), involvement of two separate levels of spine is rare. attention to stability of spine prevents delayed progressive kyphosis. a 12-year-old girl presented with neck pain, tenderness and swelling imaging showed cl—c2 and t9-t10 and destruction. mild spastic paraparesis was noticed. preoperative diagnosis was metastasis. t9, t10 and t11 laminectomy and c...

background: tuberculosis (tb) remains as a major cause of death around the world. construction of a new vaccine against tuberculosis is an effective way to control it. several vaccines against this disease have been developed. the aim of the present study was to cloning of tb10.4 gene in pcdna3.1+ plasmid and evaluation of its expression in eukaryotic cells. methods: firstly, tb10.4 fragment wa...

The increase in drug-resistant tuberculosis and the global pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus infection-related tuberculosis threaten global tuberculosis control. There are needs for improved therapy in all aspects of tuberculosis treatment: treatment of latent infection, active drug-susceptible disease, and particularly, drug-resistant disease. Fortunately, at this time of great need, th...

  Sarcoidosis is a multisystem noncaseating granulomatous disease with a propensity for lung, eye, and skin which recently have been proposed that mycobacterium tuberculosis may contribute in its pathogenesis, and rarely involves central nervous system (CNS). Despite CD4+ lymphocytopenia, sarcoidosis by itself does not increase risk of opportunistic infections other than cryptococcosis.Nonethel...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is a large source of morbidity and mortality among children. However, limited studies characterize childhood tuberculosis disease, and contact investigation is rarely implemented in high-burden settings. In one of the largest pediatric tuberculosis contact investigation studies in a resource-limited setting, we assessed the yield of contact tracing on childhood tuberculo...

the results of 10 year clinico - pathologic study about female genital tuberculosis in isfahan are reported. the main aims of this investigation were to study and review the tuberculosis of female genital tract to evaluate the influence of treatment and above all, to attempt to gain a better insight into the relation of infertility to this disease. in this study the following points have been t...

With nearly 9 million new active disease cases and 2 million deaths occurring worldwide every year, tuberculosis continues to remain a major public health problem. Exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis leads to active disease in only ~10% people. An effective immune response in remaining individuals stops M. tuberculosis multiplication. However, the pathogen is completely eradicated in ~10% pe...

a 25-year-old female presented to the infertility opd with complaints of secondary infertility and pain lower abdomen with watery discharge for the past five days. she had history of undergoing hysterosalpingography in a private hospital ten days back. the interventions included drainage of pyometra, endometrial biopsy for routine and afb smear/ culture,  confirmation of diagnosis by m rna-base...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease with high risk of transmission and one the diseases whose cases continue to increase cause death worldwide. Until now, pulmonary tuberculosis has been difficult treat because patient's non-compliance taking anti-tuberculosis drugs (OAT). This study aims investigate factors associated adherence OAT in patients at Cut Meutia General Hospital. research an observation...