Table 1 : An overview of studies conducted by TRC in various extrapulmonary forms of TB. Studies No.of patients Mx + X-ray evidence No. of specimens Bac. proof HPE proof TB spine 304 93 13 85 50 29 TB meningitis 180 50 55 180 33 TB lymphadenitis 197 81 24 168 62 98 TB abdomen 193 74 48 156 40 51 Tuberculoma brain 108 44 9 13 61

METHODS The clinical and epidemiological features of 102 children with extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, diagnosed between 1982 and 1998 at P & A Kyriakou Children's Hospital were reviewed. RESULTS During the past decade, a 50% increase of admissions for extra-pulmonary tuberculosis was observed. The source of infection was disclosed in 48 patients. Diagnoses included superficial lymphadenitis (n...

Since the emergence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), tuberculosis and human immune defi­ ciency virus (HIV) infection have been intimately linked. Several studies have clearly shown that the incidence of active tuberculosis is increased in HIV infected patients (1). AIDS patients with tuberculosis have a higher inci­ dence of extra-pulmonary and pleural disease. The most common si...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Rawalpindi. SETTING Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi. METHODS Between September 2000 and August 2002, 899 pulmonary and 460 extra-pulmonary specimens from suspected cases of tuberculosis were examined. The radiometric BACTEC 460 TB syste...

Spinal tuberculosis is the commonest form of skeletal tuberculosis accounting for about 50% of osteo articular tuberculosis [1]. Spinal tuberculosis is a common infectious disease found in developing countries like India. Often patients present with Pott’s disease related paraplegia attended by "destruction of vertebral body, lamina, pedicle and spinous process with perivertebral abscess" Intra...

background: although infectious diseases are the most common sources for the fever of unknown origin (fuo), but the spectrum of infectious diseases is changing overtime. the purpose of the study was to define the clinical spectrum and changing the pattern of fuo.methods: this existing data based study was undertaken from 2007 to 2011. one hundred-six patients fulfilling the modified criteria fo...

Background: Since the immune system weakens in people with DM, Tuberculosis is one of most prevalent infectious diseases . Objective: This study aimed to determine prevalence various forms active among diabetes. Methodology: Cross-sectional, observational, and qualitative methods were use din this investigation. Patients diabetes whom et inclusion criteria (cough or without expectoration, hemop...

BACKGROUND This study determines the protein carbonyls which cause cellular damage and glutathione, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase act as antioxidants. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was carried out in different categories of pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis cases of newly sputum culture positive diagnosed pulmonary categorie I (n=100), extra pulmonary patients cate...