INTRODUCTION Tuberculous or tubercular liver abscess (TLA) is a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of mass or cystic lesions of the liver especially in a high TB prevalence country like Iran. CASE PRESENTATION We report an immunocompetent 48 year-old woman with TLA and peritoneal infection. Although hepatic TLA is v...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical features of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EXPTB) and to evaluate epidemiological data to search for potential explanations for its high frequency in the state of Aguascalientes, Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS Clinical records of all patients with tuberculosis seen in Aguascalientes in 2008 were reviewed, and official databases were analyzed. RESULTS EXPTB co...

Definitive and rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is challenging since conventional techniques have limitations. We have developed a universal sample processing (USP) technology for detecting mycobacteria in clinical specimens. In this study, this technology was evaluated blindly on 99 extrapulmonary specimens collected from 87 patients. USP-processed specimens were submitted to sme...

persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) are particularly susceptible to tuberculosis, either by latent infection reactivation or by a primary infection with rapid progression to active disease. this study was done to determine the frequency of tuberculosis infection among iranian patients with hiv/aids. a total of 262 hiv/aids patients attending all three hiv/aids health ca...

The diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is difficult because of the paucibacillary nature of these infections. We developed a culture-enhanced PCR assay combining a preliminary step of broth culture in BacT/Alert MP bottles with the subsequent detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using the GenoType Mycobacteria Direct test. First, the procedure was applied to 10-fold-diluted suspensions...

BACKGROUND Little information is available on the molecular epidemiology in Mexico of Mycobacterium species infecting extrapulmonary sites in humans. This study used molecular methods to determine the Mycobacterium species present in tissues and body fluids in specimens obtained from patients in Mexico with extrapulmonary disease. METHODS Bacterial or tissue specimens from patients with clini...

COVID-19 and its sequelae are primarily known to affect the respiratory system. However, it can have varied manifestations affecting other systems as well. lead reactivation of tuberculosis which unusual extrapulmonary presentations Coinfection is a risk factor for poor outcome. Here, we describe series two cases with tuberculosis. In first case, patient who had apparently recovered from presen...

Background: Tuberculosis is a global problem and incidence of extra pulmonary tuberculosis increasing day by day. Diagnosis little bit difficult than tuberculosis. Aim Objective: The aim this study to compare different diagnostic methods like ZN staining, LED-FM GeneXpert assay for detection Mycobacterium in extrapulmonary (EPTB) cases respect their sensitivity, specificity, PPV NPV respectivel...