Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common infections in human beings. Most of these infections are caused by bacterial agents. Mycobacterial agents causing UTIs are less frequent in immunocompetent individuals; they are more common and severe in immunocompromised individuals.The incidence of tuberculosis is rising, particularly due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infectio...

The patient was a 36 year old white man with recently diagnosed AIDS. At HIV diagnosis, his HIV viral load was > 500 000 copies/ml and his CD4 cells were 40 cells ×10/l. Six weeks after his AIDS diagnosis, he presented with fevers, night sweats, chills, and dysuria. An Escherichia coli urinary tract infection was diagnosed and he was treated with levofloxacin for 14 days. Symptoms continued, he...

Recent state-wide surveillance of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the state of Gujarat has shown resistance to flouroquinolones (FQ) in 24 per cent cases (19% among new and 25% among previously treated TB cases)1. This increase of drug resistance correlates well with the very widespread use (the broad indications of this class of antimicrobials in lower-respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourina...

Objective — to clarify the peculiarities of course extrapulmonary tuberculosis improve its diagnosis by studying trend this form in Sumy region.
 Materials and methods. The structure incidence region among residents during 2004—2020 was analyzed.
 Results discussion. During period from 2004 2020, 1414 new cases were registered region. largest number patients with 142 (24.3 %) 2004. lo...