extrapulmonary tuberculosis is a complication of pulmonary tuberculosis that is disseminated through hematogenous or lymphatic system and may involve any organs. we present a case of primary tuberculosis of the penis that is a very rare presentation of tuberculosis. patient the patient was a 43-year-old man who had kidney transplantation. he admitted with painful ulceration on the glans of peni...

Background: Tuberculosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa, especially Ghana. Despite the current treatments for tuberculosis, positive treatment outcomes are not attainable due to the differences in the socio-economic and bio-psychological status of the patients. The present study aimed to assess the influential factors in the treatment outcomes of tuberculosis. Methods: T...

Background & Aims: Tuberculosis is one of the most important diseases of century that involves all the human organs including lungs. Due to the yearly occurrence of 9 millions new cases and 1.5 millions deaths in the world, tuberculosis is in the center of attention. The aim of this study was to indentify factors affecting the time required for sputum smear conversion in patien...

Aim . To study the epidemiological and clinical features of COVID-19 among patients with tuberculosis. Materials Methods We studied incidence in various population groups Kemerovo Region 2020 (from March, 13 to December, 31). The cohort consisted 3929 tuberculosis patients, including 113 a verified diagnosis. control included tuberculosis-free subjects (25,774 individuals). Out these subjects, ...

the co-existence of acquired immune  deficiency syndrome (aids) and tuberculosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality because of a widespread organ involvement. the gastrointestinal tract is a common site for localization of opportunistic  microorganisms  in aids. however, surgical abdominal  emergencies such as intestinal perforation resulted from tuberculosis are uncommon  in these pat...

abstract background and objective: a high level of homogeneity observed within all bacteria in the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex makes a property that seriously challenges traditional biochemical-based identification methods of these pathogens in the laboratory. the work presented here was conducted to characterize mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in golestan, northern iran. mat...

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. will cause pain and death if not treated properly. OAT (Antituberculosis Drugs) a treatment for tuberculosis patients. has different dosage regimens types of drugs. Treatment TB patients consists two phases (intensive continuation phases). The phase was at to kill dormant bacteria prevent recurrence in purpose this stud...

Tuberculosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has rarely been reported. Herein, we report the diagnosis and treatment of a patient with AML who was finally diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis following consolidation chemotherapy. In this case, chest CT showed space-occupying lesions near right hilum after second cycle Initially, extramedullary infiltration lung cancer were considered. After chemoth...

Aim: The quality of tuberculosis diagnosis service is indispensable for early infection control and preventing unnecessary anti-tubercular therapy use. TB in Sudan mainly relies on detecting tubercule bacilli using the Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining technique. Thus, current study aimed to compare ZN microscopy with GeneXpert diagnosing pulmonary (PTB) laboratories center Khartoum state, Sudan. Met...