in most countries, tuberculosis caused by mycobacterium bovis is mainly a disease of cattle but can infect buffalos too. the disease can be controlled successfully by mean of a test-and-slaughter program. in iran test-and-slaughter program has started since 1971 and prevalence of bovine tuberculosis reduces from 5% to less than 0.12% in recent years. in western azarbaijan, north west of iran, t...

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a health problem that still needs serious attention from the government all levels of society because it can cause death. This study aims to determine rationale for treatment pulmonary in adult patients at Lung Disease Polyclinic Siantar City Army Hospital 2021 which refers National Guidelines Management Indonesian M...

Drug resistance (especially multiple drug resistance) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis makes global concerns in treatment and control of tuberculosis. Rapid diagnosis of drug resistant strains of the bacteria has vital importance in the prognosis of the disease. The aim of this study was to identify the mutations responsible for drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains derived from pa...

the author presents a study of •!718 histological examfnation of lymphatic glands carried out in the department of pathology of tehran faculty of medicin in the last 20 years. tuberculosis shows a high frequency with 1891 cases of which, 1034 cases were female. other affections listed below were much more commun amongst the male. after tuberculosis the following conditions were seen in the orde...

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...

ABSTRACTTuberculosis is an infectious disease which occurs widely in the world and becomes one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Mutations of the RpoB gene cause the resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to rifampicin that contributes to the occurrence of MDR-TB. This study aimed to determine the pattern of rpoB gene polymorphisms in the MDR M. tuberculosis in Semarang, Indonesia. Mos...

Background The etiology of infertility has direct influence on the plan and outcome of its management. In this paper we showed the effect of history of tuberculosis (TB) on female infertility among infertile couples admitted to Royan infertility management center. MaterialsAndMethods This case control study was performed on cases that were diagnosed with female infertility (308 women). Controls...

Background: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination is recommended for newborn infants worldwide to prevent tuberculosis. However, complications do occur inevitably in a very low rate, among which the most serious is disseminated disease. The disseminated bacillus Calmette–Guérin disease is a rare disease with high fatality, and can be seen among persons with an underlying immunodeficiency. ...