An HIV-positive patient presented with pulmonary tuberculosis as her AIDS-defining diagnosis in 1993 and was effectively treated with 12 months of standard antituberculosis medications (isoniazide, rifampin, and pyrazinamide for 2 months). She received zidovudine for 6 weeks at the time of her diagnosis; however, because of patient preference, she has not received subsequent standard HIV medica...

Amikacin has been shown to irreversibly suppressCochlear activity.The aim of this study is to assess the incidence of amikacinototoxicity in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients and riskfactors associated withthis ototoxicity.In this cross-sectional study, 41 patientswith multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) were included.All patients received fixed dose of intravenous amikacin(500 mg...

Amikacin has been shown to irreversibly suppressCochlear activity.The aim of this study is to assess the incidence of amikacinototoxicity in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients and riskfactors associated withthis ototoxicity.In this cross-sectional study, 41 patientswith multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) were included.All patients received fixed dose of intravenous amikacin(500 mg...

BACKGROUND Primary pituitary tuberculosis (in absence of other organ involvement and constitutional symptoms) is an extremely rare disease with total reported cases in the literature fewer than a hundred. Misdiagnosis as pituitary adenoma is common and late diagnosis can result in a permanent endocrine dysfunction and/or long-term neurologic sequelae. CASE REPORT We report on the case of a midd...

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...

Background: Tuberculosis is an airborne infection that causes lung damage, and it particularly harmful to patients with weakened immune systems or other health problems. Allopathic medications are associated development of cross resistance multidrug in diseases such as TB, making treatment more difficult. In this case, Herbal remedies the most effective treating disease. Medicinal plants antitu...

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...

Background: Histoplasmosis is a neglected acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining disease in sub-Saharan African countries, which commonly misdiagnosed as tuberculosis (TB) due to similar imagery and clinical features; patients usually receive presumptive anti-TB treatment that considered failure. Patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (AHD), CD4<200/mm3 or Wor...