Causality Assessment of Suspected Adverse Drug Reaction with Anti-Tubercular Therapy by WHO Probability ScaleS. Yadav, K.K. Pillai, P. Kapur

the musculoskeletal extrapulmonary tuberculosis is uncommon, the upper extremity tuberculosis is not common and the mycobacterial involvement of skin of hands and synovial sheath of tendons is rare. this prospective observational study was undertaken between august  2014 and december 2015 in a tertiary referral hospital. patients attending with suspected primary tuberculosis of soft tissue of t...

pseudotumour is a benign inflammatory lesion. mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumour (msp) is a rare pseudotumour. it is a benign proliferation of spindle-shaped histiocytes containing acid-fast mycobacterium, commonly reported in immunocompromised patients. msp is usually associated with mycobacterium avium complex (mac). here, we present the case of a 38-year-old gentleman with acquired immu...

1. Guinea pigs can be rendered hypersensitive to tuberculo-protein by small, repeated, intradermal injections of active tuberculo-protein. 2. The addition of tuberculo-phosphatide to the protein speeds up the process of sensitization and enhances it so that the reactions become indurated and necrotic, closely simulating those of the disease. 3. Active tuberculo-proteins induce a new formation o...

Introduction: Tuberculosis is a communicable disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis that primarily affects the lungs. Primary tuberculosis of the nose in the pediatric age group is rare. The diagnosis of this common entity in the present case was challenging.   Case Report: We report the case of a 3-year old girl who presented with a painless swelling over the dorsum of the nose for 7 mon...