BACKGROUND About 80% of new tuberculosis cases in Norway occur among immigrants from high incidence countries. On arrival to the country all asylum seekers are screened with Mantoux test and chest x-ray aimed to identify cases of active tuberculosis and, in the case of latent tuberculosis, to offer follow-up or prophylactic treatment.We assessed a national programme for screening, treatment and...

BCG vaccination has an important role in preventing the serious forms of tuberculosis in children.adverse effects of BCG vaccination are uncommon in immunocompetent children.one of the side effects of BCG vaccine is its potential for produsing hypersensitivity to tuberculin and difficulties in interpretation of PPD test results.Knowledge of the normal variations in the induration of Mantoux(PPD...

The case is reported of a patient with pulmonary and ocular tuberculosis presenting with blurred vision in both eyes. A 27-year-old well-nourished male nursing-home resident with a previous history of traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage was brought to the ophthalmological clinic due to progressively blurred vision. His best-corrected visual acuity was 20/400 in the right eye with only light perc...

Aim—To assess the cell mediated immune response to BCG vaccine in preterm babies. Methods—Sixty two consecutive preterm babies born at < 35 weeks of gestation were randomly allocated into two groups. Babies in group A were vaccinated early at 34–35 weeks and group B were vaccinated late at 38–40 weeks of postconceptional age. The two groups were similar in terms of: gestational age (mean (SD) 3...

Primary Tuberculosis of penis is an extremely rare entity, even in the developing countries. We report a case of a 31 years old male patient who presented to us with some ulcerated lesions on the glans penis and was diagnosed as primary tuberculosis of glans penis, confirmed by biopsy and supported by a strongly positive Mantoux test and positive TB-PCR. The patient responded to anti- tubercula...

Cervical lymphadenopathy (CLA) is a common childhood problem in clinical practice which poses diagnostic difficulties to pediatricians. The aims of this study were to determine the causes of CLA in Sudanese children and to evaluate the value of routine laboratory tests in determining the etiology. Demographic and clinical data were prospectively collected from eighty children with palpable cerv...

How to cite this paper: Singh K, Rahim G. Diagnostic value of ADA in Tuberculosis: a comparative study performed in Jammu, India. Annals of Applied Bio-sciences. 2014;1:A45-49 Kuldeep Singh*, Gousia Rahim Department of Pathology, Govt. Medical College, Jammu-180001, India Background: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in patients is usually made by clinical, radiological and laboratory investigations in...

AIM To assess the cell mediated immune response to BCG vaccine in preterm babies. METHODS Sixty two consecutive preterm babies born at < 35 weeks of gestation were randomly allocated into two groups. Babies in group A were vaccinated early at 34-35 weeks and group B were vaccinated late at 38-40 weeks of postconceptional age. The two groups were similar in terms of: gestational age (mean (SD)...