magnesium is an essential metal that has important roles in physiological function of the body organs. ethambutol is an oral antitubercular agent with chelating effects owing to its chemical structure. the aim of present study is to determine whether ethambutol usage can alter serum magnesium concentration in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. sixty patients with diagnosis of pulmonary tuber...

background: tuberculosis of the larynx is a rare form of tuberculosis. patients usually present with hoarseness or dysphagia and other nonspecific constitutional symptoms like fever or localized pain. in this study, we present a case of primary vocal cord lesion with tuberculosis. case presentation: a 72 year old man presented with hoarseness of voice, low grade fever, and night sweating with i...

Objective: Dysfunctional beliefs of tuberculosis patients have pivotal role in treatment and development of their serious psychiatric problems. Cognitive group psychotherapy has been utilized to manage the dysfunctional beliefs. Methods: In a quasi-experimental study and a pretest and posttest design, 24 male tubercular patients were selected by convenient sampling and then randomly assigned...

Introduction: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the role of mindfulness, spiritual experiences, and coping strategies in anticipation of the quality of life of patients with tuberculosis. Method: The research population included the patients with tuberculosis referring to the tuberculosis center of Zabul. A total of 100 people were selected via convenient samplin...

background accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis in infants is important. there are a few studies around tuberculosis in infancy in the literature. objectives this study defines the clinical and radiological features of tuberculosis in infants less than one year of age. materials and methods the medical records were reviewed for all infants aging 12 months or less with diagnosis of tuberculosis at...

Background and Objectives: The incidence of rifampin-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has attracted more attention than the tuberculosis infection due to laborious treatment and control. Recognizing the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes involving in drug resistance via multiplex PCR, a simple and rapid genotyping method, is an emergency for better tre...