Tuberculosis is treated mainly in secondary care, but patients commonly present to primary care for investigation of initial symptoms and treatment monitoring. This article discusses the most frequently used anti-tuberculosis drugs, their monitoring requirements how manage drug interactions adverse reactions.

The objective : to evaluate immediate and postponed efficacy of MDR TB patients' treatment with short-course chemotherapy regimens. Subjects Methods . Efficacy safety were evaluated in 42 patients. Results 36 (85,7%) patients completed successfully, 1 (2,4%) patient died non-tuberculosis, 5 (11,9%) defaulted from treatment. There no such outcomes as failure TB. Over the 4-year follow-up period ...

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...

Background: Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous multisystem disease of unknown etiology. It has recently been tired to detect Mycobacteria genome in biopsy specimens of patients with sarcoidosis by Polymorphism chain reaction method. Objective: To detect and identify Mycobacteria species in cutaneous lesions of the patients with sarcoidosis by PCR-RFLP. Patients and methods: 20 patients with clinica...

One of the recommended strategies for preventing tuberculosis is to screen high-risk populations with respect to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection. The aim of the present study was to investigate latent infection and active tuberculosis in people with close household contact. It was a cross-sectional descriptive, analytical study with the sample size of 668 people from homes with one in...

Background : Tuberculosis is known as one of the main causes of mortality worldwide. 1.7 milliard people worldwide are infected with TB germs, there are 8 million new cases of TB annually, and three million deaths occur due to the disease in developing countries. Materials and Methods: This study included all the cases who had referred to all the health centers of Lorestan province with posi...

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a health problem that still needs serious attention from the government all levels of society because it can cause death. This study aims to determine rationale for treatment pulmonary in adult patients at Lung Disease Polyclinic Siantar City Army Hospital 2021 which refers National Guidelines Management Indonesian M...

introduction and aims: such chronic diseases as tuberculosis have short term and long term effects on patients’ quality of life. due to the hazardous consequences of disrupted quality of life, the present research aims to examine the quality of life along with the intensity of depression in patients suffering from tuberculosis hospitalized in bandar lengeh’s hospitals. methods: the present rese...

study of educational needs in tuberculosis patients and   their family and selfcare in urmia   shainseddin shams [1] , m.s.   abstract:     introdtiction: tuberculosis is a disaster disease, in spite of progresses of technology and medical   sciences. early diagnosis and treatment is the first step of controling and prevention of diseases and patient education and his/her family is important.  ...