context tuberculosis (tb) disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis (mtb) remains as one of the leading infectious causes of death and disease throughout the world. the history of tuberculosis as a worldwide fatal illness traces back to antiquity, being a well-known disease in ancient civilizations. evidence acquisition presented here, is a brief review of the history of tuberculosis and bac...

In summary, in order to control tuberculosis, we require a rapid diagnosis of TB patients, who act as the source of disease; and if remain untreated, these patients can spread the disease throughout the population. Therefore, we need to introduce the new approach for quick and accurate identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and CYP141 gene is a new approach for rapid and accura...

a b s t r a c t a few case reports of coinfections with nocardia and mycobacterium tuberculosis (tb) have previously been published in the literature. we report on a case of concomitant pulmonary nocardiosis and tuberculosis, in a recently diagnosed 55-year-old woman, with rheumatoid arthritis, who had been taking a short course of a low dose corticosteroid. the patient was treated with a combi...

conclusions special high-risk groups, including patients with ltbi, should be treated before receiving tnf-α inhibitors. the tuberculin skin test (tst) is a somewhat cost-effective test for the diagnosis of ltbi. however, its usefulness with respect to false results should be re-evaluated in this situation. results there were somewhat different approaches proposed by various researchers regardi...

Background: Chylothorax is a rare condition caused by accumulation of chyle in the pleural cavity (2-3%). More causes are Gorham's disease and tuberculosis
 Case: A 31-year-old male complained swelling left arm shortness breath with recurrent effusion. Pleural fluid analysis showed chylous. Bone survey osteolytic lesions multiple bones as disease. Thoracic CT lung mass, atelectasis, massiv...

this study was carried out to control johne’s disease (jd) without interfering with tuberculosis (tb)control programme. a dairy herd (n>1500 heads) was used over a period of 6 years, from 1994 to 1999 forthis investigation. the herd had a history of heavy infection with mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis(map) with culling rates of 1.5 and 5%, in 1991 and 1995, respectively. the mean annual lo...

tuberculosis is a chronic, specifi c granulomatous disease and a major cause of death in developing countries. we report a case of tuberculosis presenting fi rst as periodontal loss of tooth support leading to loose teeth and gingival enlargement affecting a 17-year-old female patient without any pulmonary lesion. diagnosis was based on histopathological examination and positive adenosine deami...

Background : Tuberculosis is known as one of the main causes of mortality worldwide. 1.7 milliard people worldwide are infected with TB germs, there are 8 million new cases of TB annually, and three million deaths occur due to the disease in developing countries. Materials and Methods: This study included all the cases who had referred to all the health centers of Lorestan province with posi...

Four cases of polyarthritis concomitant with active tuberculosis is reported. In three patients pulmonary tuberculosis was confirmed by identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens, and in another one tuberculous lymphadenitis was confirmed by excisional biopsy. In all patients arthritis resolved by tuberculosis treatment and did not recur ...