abstractchronic sialadenitis is a disease of salivary glands associated with chronic infections,systemic diseases and silolithiasis pathogenesis of the disease. primary tuberculoussubmandibulitis is not a reported disease. the diagnosis was confirmed whena 45 years old lady suspicious to submandibular gland tumor was operated on for excisionalbiopsy. histological examination of the specimen by ...

background: the risk of developing tuberculosis is high among chronic hemodialysis patients. the tuberculin skin test (tst) has been in use for diagnosing latent tb, but few data are available on tst in hemodialysis patients. objective: this study was done to identify the tst reactivity and frequency of booster effect in serial tst among hemodialysis patients. methods: a total of 100 patients i...

Tuberculosis is one of the leading infectious causes death in adults worldwide. The human host acts as a natural reservoir for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Pregnancy carries an increased risk infections.

introduction mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (mtbc) are causative agents of human and animal tuberculosis.differentiation of mtbc members is required for appropriate treatment of individual patients and for epidemiologicalpurposes and reduction in drug resistances. material and methods 1345 patients were collected with clinical suspicions of tuberculosis who referred to the health care cente...

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...

background tuberculosis (tb) continues to be a major public health problem worldwide. in developing countries, the burden of the disease is explosive, as 95% of global tb patients reside and 98% of global tb deaths occur in these regions. patients’ satisfaction may play a major role in adherence to medications and hence improve tuberculosis cure rate. objectives the current study aimed firstly ...

Mycobacteria are endowed with a highly impermeable mycomembrane that confers intrinsic resistance to many antibiotics. Several unique mycomembrane glycolipids have been isolated and structurally characterized, but the underlying organization and dynamics of glycolipids within the cell envelope remain poorly understood. We report here a study of mycomembrane dynamics that was enabled by trehalos...

Gordonia jacobaea strain MV-1 is characterized by its ability to synthesize carotenoids (de Miguel et al., 2000). This bacterium belongs to the broad and diverse group of mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes, known as the mycolata group. Mycolata contains microorganisms of industrial interest such as Corynebacterium glutamicum, as well as others of clinical relevance such as Mycobacterium tube...

Several reports have indicated that infection with Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria (NTM) is increasing worldwide.Therefore,monitoring species causing micobacterial infection in any region is of great importance. This study was going to detect, differentiate, and identify pathogenic mycobacteria in primary clinical samples. Eighty samples collected from tuberculosis suspected patients in Isfahan/I...