Musculoskeletal tuberculosis is the commonest form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis however Rib lesion is uncommon and occurs in zero to five percent of bone and joint tuberculosis. In our case report both chest X ray and CT were useful in demonstrating the skeletal lesion and also in the assessment of response to treatment, as follow up chest X ray and CT scan at 4 months and after 12 months of ...

The performance of the Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test (MTD; Gen-Probe, Inc., San Diego, Calif.) for rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis was evaluated by testing 178 nonrespiratory specimens from 158 patients. Criteria for specimen inclusion were (i) a positive smear for acid-fast bacilli (n = 54) and (ii) the source if the smear was negative (tissue biopsies and asp...

Extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis are reported in less than one in five cases with the knee affected in 8% after the spine and hip. We report a case of isolated highly erosive tuberculosis of the knee presenting in a previously fit Vietnamese woman. The difficulties of diagnosis, modalities of chemotherapeutic management, and surgical treatment are discussed.

Accurate and rapid diagnosis is crucial for tuberculosis control by ensuring a timely start to treatment and reducing transmission. In 2012, almost one third of tuberculosis cases were not diagnosed and/or reported to national tuberculosis programmes (NTPs), and ,25% of estimated incident multidrug-resistant (MDR) cases were diagnosed [1]. Xpert MTB/RIF (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA), a nucleic ...

UNLABELLED Considering the relevance of AIDS/tuberculosis comorbidity worldwide, especially in Brazil, this study was developed to describe the clinical and epidemiological features of the comorbid cases identified from 1989 to 1997 by the epidemiology service of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Universidade de São Paulo. METHODS Databases containing information on all identified AIDS/tubercu...

The article contains statistic analysis of 350 patients treated for extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Samara TB Hospital from 2002 till 2006. The research proves that diagnostics strongly depends on the following factors: non tuberculosis aetiology concomitant diseases, excretive urography data, micobacteria sensitivity to rifampicyn, flora sensitivity to doxicycline in terms of general pyelone ph...

Extrapulmonary involvement of tuberculosis occurs in 10-40% of reported cases. However, tuberculous mycotic aneurysm is very rare. We report herein tuberculous mycotic aneurysm of left common iliac artery secondary from ureteric tuberculosis in a 63-year-old man who presented with left flank pain for 1 month, and review the literature of all reported cases of tuberculous aneurysm of iliac artery.

Tuberculosis manifesting at extrapulmonary sites is relatively rare. Isolated cases involving small bones of the foot are rarest We herein present case a 30-year-old Indian female who presented with pain and wound discharging sinus over her left foot. In absence constitutional symptoms tuberculosis, this was diagnosed as isolated tuberculous osteomyelitis fifth metatarsal phalanx help radiograp...

Tuberculosis (TB) isa major global public healthconcern. The extrapulmonary manifestations ofTB can bemisleading and challenging todiagnose.Thoracic cold abscessis a rare unusualentity of TB.Itrepresents 1-5% musculoskeletal localisations TB constitutes differentialdiagnosiswithpyogenicabscess, slow-growingpathogens or walltumours. In endemic areas, anypainless progressive abscessshouldsuggest ...

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...