Disseminated tuberculosis (TB) results from the lymphohematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Despite the availability of effective therapy, diagnosis is usually late and mortality remains high. We report a case of a 29-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse that presented with altered mental status and was found to have a 'tree-in-bud' sign on chest radiography. Chest compute...

This prospective study was carried out in the pediatric ward and outpatient department of a tertiary care centre to estimate the prevalence of HIV seropositivity in children with tuberculosis. Two hundred and fifty consecutive children below 12 years of age with (pulmonary and extrapulmonary) tuberculosis diagnosed between March 1999 and July 2000 were screened for HIV infection. A patient was ...

the only available vaccine against tuberculosis is bcg which has been found to protect children against disseminated tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis. bcg is one of the safest vaccines being used, and osteitis is a rare complication of it. during a period of eight years, we had eleven cases of osteitis occuring in infants following bcg vaccination. eight cases were female. defect in immu...

Tuberculosis is still a common disease, even in some parts of developing countries. Although its major impact is pulmonary, the tuberculosis is actually a disseminated disease. An unusual form of renal involvement of tuberculosis is glomerulonephritis, as a part of systemic vasculitis, Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura (HSP). A 41-year-old man, being treated with antituberculous agents for pulmonary tu...

Tuberculosis remains a serious public health problem worldwide, especially in Korea. Although tuberculosis is generally considered a non-fatal chronic disease, deaths have occurred. In this case study, a 68-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with dyspepsia, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Nine hours later, he suffered severe hematemesis and died despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation. A med...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is a major health problem in the developing world. Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is delayed because the presentation is nonspecific. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can present with various hematological manifestations, including pancytopenia. Pancytopenia could be due to hypersplenism, maturation arrest, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or infiltration of the ...

the (bacille calmette-gue´rin) bcg is widely practiced in many countries in pediatric group and is a part of routine vaccination program at birth in ir. iran for prophylaxis against tuberculosis, but its efficacy is a matter of debate in different geographic and ethnic regions. adverse reactions induced by bcg vaccination ranges from bcg adenitis, osteitis, and cold abscess at vaccination site ...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in patients with AIDS. The goal of our study was to determine predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with AIDS and disseminated tuberculosis in a middle-income country. MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study in a tertiary care center, for patients with AIDS in southern Brazil. From ...

most people infected with m .tuberculosis do not develop active disease. in healthy individuals, the lifetime risk of developing infection to disease is 5-10%. reactivation of tb often occurs in older children and adolescent and is more common in patients who acquire tb at age 7 years and older. pulmonary tuberculosis may manifest in several forms, including endobronchial tb with focal lymphade...