background: protective immune responses induced in the majority of people infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis enable them to control tb infection. objective: the aim of this study was to investigate cd56 and cd16 positive peripheral blood mononu-clear cells (pbmcs) and leukocyte subsets from multi-drug resistant pulmonary tuber-culosis (mdr-tb), and compare them with nonresistant (nr) tb p...

background certain social determinants may influence host susceptibility to tuberculosis (tb) infections, and increase the risk of developing the disease. objectives the present study aimed to evaluate the effects of several host and environmental factors on the risk of tb in northern iranian households. patients and methods this case-control study was conducted for one year between 2010 and 20...

background diabetes mellitus (dm) due to suppressive effect on cellular immunity can impact on progression of tuberculosis (tb). objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of dm on the epidemiological, clinical and para clinical aspects of pulmonary tb. patients and methods the information of 148 admitted pulmonary tb patients in infectious ward of razi hospital in ahvaz fro...