Background: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health concern and burden on developing countries economy. Pakistan ranks in top 10 of the world with high load TB big chunk this disease process extra pulmonary (EPTB). Among sites, bone joint very common yet under reported. Recent literature has found up to 35% all cases are TB. Purpose: We aim do an analysis frequency our institut...

Definitive diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis requires identification of bacilli in pericardial fluid or tissue. Conventional diagnostic methods are time-consuming and have a low sensitivity making bacteriological confirmation of the disease very difficult. Hereby, we report the case of molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pericardial fluid, bone marrow and peripheral blood f...

Tuberculosis of symphysis pubis is a rare condition with hardly any report of such cases in the last decade. It is necessary to distinguish the entity from more common ones like Osteitis pubis and Osteomyelitis of pubis symphysis by urgent means in order to start the treatment early and thereby minimize morbidity and prevent complications. A rare case of tuberculosis of symphysis pubis in a 17 ...

One-third of world population are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) [1,2]. After exposure to MTB 30 % of the cases will develop latent infection, with a 5-10% lifetime risk of progression to active tuberculosis (TB) [2,3]. Extrapulmonary TB is observed in about 20% of the total cases. Although pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases have both decreased during the last years...

Dermatomyositis is a rare idiopathic inflammatory myopathy characterized by proximal muscle weakness associated with typical skin abnormalities and compatible electromyographic finds. Tuberculosis could determine several clinical manifestations but the classic one is the lung presentation. Among the extra pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis, the musculoskeletal form is rare and it is usual...

Infective sacro-ileitis is due to common bacteria, 25% being tuberculosis and 10% brucellosis. Slow progression characterizes joint tuberculosis, an uncommon variant of this disease. The onset is usually insidious, and early diagnosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion. We report two cases with tuberculous sacro-ileitis which initially mimicked brucellosis infiltration. Diagnosis of tu...

INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis of the flat bones is rare and only a small percentage involves the scapular bone. CASE PRESENTATION We report a rare case of tuberculosis of the scapula in a 14-year-old. Diagnostic clues include lytic areas with low density seen in the body of the scapula involving a glenoid margin associated with typical clinical features. Treatment should include a regimen of four...

Tuberculosis affects a significant percentage of the world's population and is responsible for bone and joint infections particularly in the developing world. The problem has been compounded by the HIV/ AIDS epidemic. Whereas tuberculous involvement of the spine is readily included in a list of differentials for destructive lesions of the spine, infection in other skeletal areas is often not co...

Osteoarticular tuberculosis represents 1.7-2% of all tuberculosis (TB). The localization in the foot is rare and accounts for less than 10% of osteoarticular TB. The following report describes the case of a 7-year-old boy who presented with a gradually increasing inflammatory swelling over the lateral aspect of the right ankle. An X-ray of his right ankle showed an osteolytic image at the calca...

With the discovery of streptomycin by Waksman in 1943, a new era in treatment of tuberculosis made its entrance. Glowing reports of its effectiveness in pulmonary and other types of the disease led us first to conclude that it would wipe out tuberculosis. But the effectiveness in bone and joint tuberculosis was minimal. True, it appeared to slow down the rate of destruction, but it did not reve...