conclusions concurrent pulmonary nocardiosis and tuberculosis is frequent in hiv-infected patients. rapid and sensitive methods such as pcr are recommended for detection of such co-infections. results from 157 sputum specimens, positive samples by acid fast staining, culture and pcr for m. tuberculosis were reported for 7.6% (12/157), 10.1% (16/157) and 7% (11/157) of samples, respectively. no ...

SETTING Consecutive new tuberculosis (TB) patients, from eight states in Sudan, who had never been previously treated for as much as 1 month between 1998 and 2000. OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection on tuberculosis treatment outcome. DESIGN All patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of tuberculosis underwent sputum microscopy for acid-...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to assess the value of chest radiographs (CXRs) and sputum examinations in detecting pulmonary involvement of tuberculosis (TB) in patients with extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed among 248 EPTB patients with culture-proven diagnosis of tuberculosis seen between January 2001 and December 2007 at...

Childhood tuberculosis is common in our community. The diagnosis in most cases is still based on clinical evidence alone. The present study was designed to study clinical profile, laboratory investigations and outcome of pediatric tuberculosis. A prospective study was conducted among the children admitted in Nepal Medical College from April 2007 to March 2011. The prevalence of tuberculosis was...

Background: Tuberculosis is a global problem and incidence of extra pulmonary tuberculosis increasing day by day. Diagnosis little bit difficult than tuberculosis. Aim Objective: The aim this study to compare different diagnostic methods like ZN staining, LED-FM GeneXpert assay for detection Mycobacterium in extrapulmonary (EPTB) cases respect their sensitivity, specificity, PPV NPV respectivel...

Lupus vulgaris is the most common form of cutaneous tuberculosis in adults. Starts either by re-infection or lymphatic hematogenous spread direct individuals with moderate immunity and high degree tuberculin sensitivity. Females affected 2-3 times more, constitute 1-2% all extra-pulmonary TB. Common sites involved are face neck. We reported a case lupus 52 year old female patient.

tuberculosis (tb) still represents a major public health problem worldwide. the primary form of disease is most often localized to the lung. in a minority of patients, progressive pulmonary disease spreads to other organ systems through self inoculation via infected sputum, blood and lymphatic system, establishing the secondary form of tuberculosis . we present a patient that was referred to us...