Screening for tuberculosis in high-prevalence countries relies on sputum smear microscopy. We present a method for the automated identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in images of Ziehl-Neelsen-stained sputum smears obtained using a bright-field microscope. We use two stages of classification. The first comprises a one-class pixel classifier for object segmentation. Geometric transformat...

The stool samples from 363 diarrhoeic and non- diarrhoeic children and adults from several locations in two towns of west Azerbaijan area of Iran examined for Cryptosporidium infection by modified Ziehl- Neelsen technique revealed the presence of infection in 7.66% of diarrhoeic patients and in none of the non- diarrhoeic individuals. The percentage of detection was higher among females ( ...

Objectives: Hansen’s disease is a chronic granulomatous infectious caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Early detection essential to prevent the disease’s spread and disability. Due multitude of morphologies, it may be difficult accurately diagnose certain cases based solely on clinical signs; therefore, histopathology crucial for definitive diagnosis. The study aims investigate various histological...

In this study, a case of pulmonary aspergillosis was described in 20-day-old suckling lamb. Lamb suffering from high fever, anorexia, weakness and balance disorder brought to the Department Pathology Kafkas University Faculty Veterinary Medicine for necropsy. According anamnesis obtained animal owner, an intense random drug treatment administered animal. Following systemic necropsy animal, vari...

Histoid leprosy is a rare multibacillary form that presents with disseminated papule-nodular cutaneous lesions. To study the inflammatory infiltrate of the histoid form and to compare it with other lepromatous forms, we performed histological and immunohistochemical analysis on skin biopsies. Fifteen patients were included for histopathological analysis (10 histoid and five lepromatous) via the...

The authors present the first, to the best of their knowledge, reported case of cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum. A 42-year-old woman presented with asymptomatic reddish papules, nodules, plaques, and patches on the right side of her face and on her forehead that had persisted for 5 years, with the lesions gradually increasing in size over that time. No previous inte...