CMYK 155 Although there are a large number of publications available in the literature recommending the benefits of a shunt procedure in tuberculous meningitis, the subject deserves a more comprehensive analysis. Hydrocephalus frequently accompanies tuberculous meningitis. Mild to severe hydrocephalus is almost always identified on computer based imaging in cases with tuberculous meningitis and...

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UNLABELLED In the present study, we analysed the association between the incidence of tuberculous spondylitis with the Natural Resistance Associated Macrophage Protein 1 (NRAMP1, also known as Solute Carrier Family 11a member1) polymorphism by studying the genetic segregation of this polymorphism and the incidence of the disease among members of the West Javanese population undergoing surgery f...

A monoclonal antibody against soluble phase-terminal complement complex (SC5b-9) was used to try to differentiate pleural effusions of tuberculous vs malignant and other origin. Effusions of tuberculous origin showed a significantly higher SC5b-9 level than did plasma, suggesting activation of complement in the pleural space. All 26 patients with tuberculous effusions showed SC5b-9 levels in pl...

PURPOSE Mycobacterium tuberculosis is endemic in Korea. Because tuberculous peritonitis is characterized by ascites, abdominal pain, abdominal mass and elevation of serum CA-125, it can be confused with ovarian malignancies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of serum CA-125 level in the differential diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis and ovarian malignancy in a Mycobacter...

Objective: There are contradictory reports about the use of adenosine deaminase (ADA) as a diagnostic marker in tuberculous peritonitis patients. Reports evaluating significance of ADA activity in the diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis in adults are lacking in Nepal. We thus set out to investigate the ascitic fluid ADA levels in suspected tuberculous peritonitis patients and to determine the ...

pleural effusions, as Dr. Kiropoulos mentioned. Momi et al2 and Hamed et al3 measured VEGF levels both in the serum and pleural fluid of tuberculous pleurisy patients. They found elevated VEGF levels both in the serum and pleural fluid of tuberculous pleurisy patients compared with congestive heart failure patients. In congestive heart failure patients, both of the studies reported higher VEGF ...

There has been prolonged disagreement and confusion over the penetration of antituberculous antibiotics and chemotherapeutic agents into skeletal tuberculous lesions. Surgical extirpation has been recommended by many workers on the supposition that drugs are unable to gain access to skeletal tuberculous abscess and necrotic bone (Wilkinson 1950, 1955, 1969; Orell 1951 : Hodgson and Stock 1956; ...

Extrapulmonary involvement of tuberculosis occurs in 10-40% of reported cases. However, tuberculous mycotic aneurysm is very rare. We report herein tuberculous mycotic aneurysm of left common iliac artery secondary from ureteric tuberculosis in a 63-year-old man who presented with left flank pain for 1 month, and review the literature of all reported cases of tuberculous aneurysm of iliac artery.