Tuberculosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has rarely been reported. Herein, we report the diagnosis and treatment of a patient with AML who was finally diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis following consolidation chemotherapy. In this case, chest CT showed space-occupying lesions near right hilum after second cycle Initially, extramedullary infiltration lung cancer were considered. After chemoth...

miliary tuberculosis (tb) is due to hematogenous spread of mycobacterium tuberculosis. clinical manifestations are nonspecific and protean, depending on the predominant site of involvement.we evaluated the clinical manifestations of 15 patients with miliary tb. the diagnosis of miliary tuberculosis was based on the identification of miliary nodules on chest radiography and one of the three foll...

tuberculosis (tb) global prevalence remains almost unchanged over the past few decades. though genitourinary tract tuberculosis is common, it is rarely associated with scrotal fistula. we present  a rare case of advanced tuberculous epididymo-orchitis (tbeo) which culminated in removing the testis. before final diagnosis is made, it was unresponsive to empirical therapy of bacterial epididymo-o...

Background: Resistance of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis is a condition in which Anti-Tuberculosis (OAT) drugs are unable to kill the germs. One type resistance Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis. (MDR-TB) TB caused by bacteria that resistant 2 types OAT, namely INH and Rifampin. The consequences if OAT deterioration health, increased costs, prolonged treatment, high rates therapy failure death.&#x0D...

RATIONALE High rates of recurrent tuberculosis after successful treatment have been reported from different high burden settings in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, little is known about the rate of smear-positive tuberculosis after treatment default. In particular, it is not known whether or not treatment defaulters continue to be or become again smear-positive and thus pose a potential for transm...

Abstract Objectives to analyze the conceptions of people experiencing treatment and diagnosis pulmonary tuberculosis. Method this is a descriptive exploratory research with qualitative approach, developed in School Health Center Belém (Pará) 30 patients. Data was collected during period from September 2019 January 2020 through semi-structured interview aid script containing six questions, as we...

Tuberculosis treatment remains a challenge due to the need to consider, when approaching it, the context of individual and collective health. In addition, social and economic issues have been shown to be variables that need to be considered when it comes to treatment effectiveness. We conducted a critical review of the national and international literature on the treatment of tuberculosis in re...

tuberculosis is an important opportunistic disease among hiv- infected persons worldwide; from march 1999 to feburery 2001 we had seventeen patients with hiv-infection and tuberculosis. here we are presenting the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and outcome of them. all of them were male, 11 patients had pulmonary and 5 patients had extrapulmonary (pleural effusion 1, hepatic granu...

Background While tuberculosis incidence and mortality are declining in South Africa, meeting the goals of the End TB Strategy requires an invigorated programmatic response informed by accurate data. Enumerating the losses at each step in the care cascade enables appropriate targeting of interventions and resources. Methods We estimated the tuberculosis burden; the number and proportion of ind...

Tuberculosis remains one of the major health problems worldwide. Besides lungs, tuberculosis affects other organs, including bones and joints. In case bone tuberculosis, current treatment protocols include necrectomy in combination with conventional anti-tuberculosis therapy, followed by reconstruction resulting defects. this study, we compared autografting implantation a biodegradable composit...