BACKGROUND Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a diverse and culturally-rich country with severe infrastructural and health problems. Tuberculosis (TB) is widespread, and the number of cases with drug resistance is rising. Treatment adherence is known to be important for both effective treatment and limiting the emergence of drug resistance. The aim of this study was to construct a matrix of the factors ...

Despite progress made in tuberculosis control worldwide, the disease burden and treatment outcome of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients have remained virtually unchanged. In 2016, the World Health Organization released new guidelines for the management of MDR-TB. The guidelines are intended to improve detection rate and treatment outcome for MDR-TB through novel, rapid molecular...

Extrapulmonary sites of tuberculosis must not be neglected as they are not so rarely fortuitous discovering. The morphological diagnosis of tuberculosis is generally easy to do. However, there are the atypical lesions rising diagnostic difficulties. The authors reviewed the histopathological diagnostic in 19 cases of osteoarticular tuberculosis lesions selected from 390 cases of surgical extrap...

Despite the recent advances in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, treatment of the disease, for the most part, remains the same as it was half a century ago. In recent years only two new anti-tuberculosis drugs have been approved by the European Medicines Agency and Food and Drug Administration. Though the prevalence of this disease is slowly decreasing all over Europe, new challenges appear. One o...

Tuberculosis of the foot is an uncommon entity and the reported incidence is 0.1% to 0.3%. The isolated tuberculosis of talonavicular joint is exceptionally rare. In tuberculosis of the foot and ankle, the presentation is usually nonspecific. The diagnosis of tuberculosis affecting foot is difficult, especially when it is isolated. In doubtful cases, diagnosis should be confirmed by histopathol...

PURPOSE To review records of 16 children with multifocal osteoarticular tuberculosis. METHODS Records of 7 girls and 9 boys aged one to 14 (mean, 6) years with multifocal osteoarticular tuberculosis were reviewed. Haematological tests and radiographs of the chest, whole spine, pelvis, knees, elbows, hands, and feet were taken. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically. Patients were treated ...

Introducción. La tuberculosis osteoarticular en niños es una condición infrecuente que representa un pequeño porcentaje de las infecciones extrapulmonares por Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Presentación del caso. Niño 30 meses con antecedente COVID-19 fue llevado al servicio urgencias dolor la marcha, imposibilidad para bipedestación y severo posición decúbito. El paciente tenía niveles reactantes...