Plain chest radiography plays a major role in the diagnosis and follow-up of pulmonary tuberculosis in childhood. The aim of our study was to investigate the distribution of characteristic chest radiographic findings at diagnosis in children with pulmonary tuberculosis. The age of the patients and the type and localization of radiographic changes at admission were retrospectively analyzed. We r...

The presence of extrahepatic infection is a contraindication for liver transplantation, even more if supported by an advanced pulmonary tuberculosis with persistent cavitation not curable with medical treatment. We report a case of a young patient with hepatocellular carcinoma on hepatitis B virus related liver cirrhosis and multiple lung tuberculosis cavitations. The patient was referred to ou...

Medical records of 146 patients with lower lung field tuberculosis were reviewed. There was a female to male ratio of5: 4. More than 75% of patients were under 35 years of age and average duration of symptoms before diagnosis was less than one month in 7% , between 1 -6 months the in 63 % and more than 12 months in 10% of our patients. PPD test was positive in 80% and direct sputum smear f...

Septic pulmonary embolism (SPE) is a rare lung disease that typically occurs when thrombus containing microorganisms from nonpulmonary infection focus settles in the arteries via hematogenous route and causes infarction infection. Nonspecific symptoms such as fever, cough, chest pain are manifested. SPE associated with predisposing conditions infective endocarditis, intravenous drug addiction, ...

A 66-year-old man who suffered from an acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia developed a cavitary lesion after taking immunosuppressive drugs. He was diagnosed with cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia. CMV was not thought to be the underlying cause of the cavitary lung lesions, as only six cases have been described thus far. However, this case clearly demonstrates that the development of cav...

medical records of 146 patients with lower lung field tuberculosis were reviewed. there was a female to male ratio of5: 4. more than 75% of patients were under 35 years of age and average duration of symptoms before diagnosis was less than one month in 7% , between 1 -6 months the in 63 % and more than 12 months in 10% of our patients. ppd test was positive in 80% and direct sputum smear for ac...

OBJECTIVES The goals were to describe the management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among children, to examine the tolerability of second-line antituberculosis agents among children, and to report the outcomes of children treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in poor urban communities in Lima, Peru, a city with high tuberculosis prevalence. METHODS A retrospective analysis of data...

OBJECTIVE Tumor necrosis factor (TNF), an important inflammatory mediator in tuberculosis, has been implicated in causing accelerated HIV disease progression in HIV-associated tuberculosis. However, TNF blockade, particularly by monoclonal antibody, has been associated with the reactivation of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by the impairment of mycobacterial immunity. This phase 1 ...