primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis (tb) without pulmonary involvement is rare, even in endemic areas. herein, we present a rare complication of primary nasopharyngeal tb accompanied with tuberculous otomastoiditis (tom) and ipsilateral facial nerve palsy, in a 24-year-old female patient, with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imagery findings.

introdution: tuberculosis (tb), with different types of respiratory tract involvements, has a high rate of mortality all around the world. endobronchial involvement, which is a slightly common tuberculous infection, requires special attention due to its severe complications such as bronchostenosis. aim of study of this study was describes, one type of pulmonary tuberculosis with less diagnosed ...

background: pulmonary tuberculosis is still the most common form of tuberculosis in hiv infected patients having differ­ent presentations according to the degree of immunosuppression. this study appraised the impact of hiv infection on clini­cal, laboratory and radiological presentations of tuberculosis. methods: the clinical, laboratory and radiological presentations of pulmonary tb in 56 hiv-...

Tuberculosis is a common opportunistic infection and a leading cause of death in HIV patients worldwide, especially in developing countries. The study was conducted to evaluate the relation of CD4 counts to occurrence and type of TB and to observe for the recovery of CD4 counts after treatment for tuberculosis in patients of pulmonary tuberculosis and extra pulmonary tuberculosis. This retrospe...

Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease that attacks the lung parenchyma. Pulmonary TB caused by bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. classified into and Extra TB. The prevalence of globally 10 million people; Indonesia ranks second after China India. This study aims to determine relationship between levels C-Reactive Protein (CRP) with number lymphocytes in patients pulmonary at BKPM Pur...

BACKGROUND Control of the global burden of tuberculosis is obstructed due to lack of simple, rapid and cost effective diagnostic techniques that can be used in resource poor-settings. To facilitate the early diagnosis of TB directly from clinical specimens, we have standardized and validated the use of nested multiplex PCR, targeting gene fragments IS6110, MTP40 and 32kD α-antigen encoding gene...

background: knowledge about childhood tuberculosis (tb) in iran is limited. this study aimed to determine the proportion of tuberculosis in children living in khuzestan in southwest of iran and its treatment outcomes.  methods: in this retrospective study, the child’s medical records registered in national tb program (ntp) unit of khuzestan health center (khc) for tb treatment from 2005 to 2010...