Assessment of Hematological Parameters in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients

Some Hematological Parameters among Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis – Khartoum State

Tuberculosis is a highly prevalent chronic infectious disease caused and it’s still a common disease in develop countries and still a major cause of mortality today , can affect many part of the body like lung and bone this defect can lead to defect in most of blood component. The aim of the study is to measure some of hematological parameters among Sudanese patients affected with pulmonary tub...

Hematological parameters in Pulmonary Tuberculosis patients with and without HIV infection

Cytokines Genes Polymorphisms in Iranian Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) has recently become a major problem in developed countries especially in immune compromised HIV infected individuals. Cytokines, their genes and receptors have been implicated in the protective immunity, pathophysiology and development of tuberculosis.   Material & Methods: In the present study the genotype frequencies of a number of polymorphic genes co...

Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Infection with this bacterium is known to induce the development of autoantibodies of which a few are also known to be diagnostic markers for some other diseases. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA's) are among those autoantibodies used in clinical setting for diagnosing systemic vasculitic sy...

A STUDY OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS DRUG RESISTANCE IN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem in both developing and developed countries. Drug-resistant tuberculosis is an increasing health problem and serious challenge to tuberculosis (TB) control programs. Information about the susceptibility pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates against anti-tuberculosis drugs is an important aspect to TB control. The objectives of the s...