introduction: delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis increases the risk of death and enhances the transmission of disease in the community. this study aims to determine the patient and health service delay and factors affecting it in tuberculosis diagnosis. materials & methods: a cross-sectional survey that included all the public health centers was conducted in markazi province from march 2009...

background: to determine the mean and median delays in pulmonary tuberculosis (ptb) diagnosis among adults in one of the world’s highest gross domestic product per capita countries and identify patient and health system‑related reasons for these delays. methods: this is a cross‑sectional, face‑to‑face, prospective study of 100 subjects with confirmed ptb, conducted at main tuberculosis (tb) adm...

background early treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (ptb) is necessary for a successful tuberculosis (tb) control program. objectives the objective of this study was to determine total treatment delay and its associated factors among ptb patients in ahvaz. patients and methods a retrospective study was performed among newly diagnosed ptb cases registered in 2010 at the ahvaz health center. tot...

background accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis in infants is important. there are a few studies around tuberculosis in infancy in the literature. objectives this study defines the clinical and radiological features of tuberculosis in infants less than one year of age. materials and methods the medical records were reviewed for all infants aging 12 months or less with diagnosis of tuberculosis at...

background : despite recent technologic improvements in identifying mycobacterium tuberculosis, we are still facing problems in rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis. the objective of this study is to determine the diagnostic value of a new rapid screening test (patho-tb™) for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. methods : between september 2006 to august 2007, 178 patients were enrolled in the study...

tuberculosis (tb), once a disease confined to undeveloped or developing nations is currently in resurgence, which is attributable to pandemic human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and immigration from endemic areas. tuberculous arthritis is difficult to diagnose early because of its atypical insidious clinical manifestations and nonspecific imaging findings. tb is also known as the ‘grea...

introduction: diagnosis of tuberculosis under the national tuberculosis control program (ntcp) is based on microscopic examination of sputum. the main objective of this study was to assess the perception of physicians and patients regarding the importance of chest x-ray in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis with a view to suggest corrective measures. materials & methods: one hundred and eighty t...

background and objectives: tuberculosis (tb) is a major problem in the world. treatment and control of tb needs detection of the mycobacterium tuberculosis (mt) in the proper samples. while smear doesn’t have enough sensitivity, culture and pcr are expensive, time consuming and unavailable in many centers. recent development of a rapid tb antigen detection test (prtbk) at pasteur institute of i...

conclusions a high index of suspicion is required for the early diagnosis and prompt treatment of patients with osseous tuberculosis. given the high prevalence of tuberculosis in developing countries, tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of multifocal lytic lesions and vertebra plana, especially in children. introduction multifocal skeletal tuberculosis is a rare cond...