Hepatic tuberculosis is uncommon, lack of specific clinical manifestations and imaging features, so it can easily be misdiagnosed in clinical. Herein, we discuss variety of its forms and summarize the diagnosis and treatment of hepatic tuberculosis in this paper. Five cases of hepatic tuberculosis are described. The diagnosis, treatment and outcome of the patients are discussed. Image examinati...

Infections with atypical mycobacteria in Australia during 2000 occurred at a rate of 1.8 cases per 100,000 population. The main sites of disease were the respiratory tract, soft tissue, and the lymphatics. The Mycobacterium avium complex was the most common group of mycobacteria isolated from respiratory, lymphatic sites, and blood. The rapidly growing mycobacteria, predominantly the M. fortuit...

INTRODUCTION The objective of the case report is to highlight the possibility of osteomyelitis caused by atypical mycobacteria. Such an infection may simulate tuberculous bone infection and yet fail to respond to standard anti-tuberculous drug therapy. CLINICAL PICTURE A 66-year-old man who suffered from diabetes mellitus presented with osteomyelitis of the right wrist, with extensive synovia...

Bovine tuberculosis was last detected in cattle and pigs in the Czech Republic in 1995. Since March, 31, 2004 (Commission Decision No. 2004/320/EC) the Czech Republic has been included amongst states free from bovine tuberculosis within the European Union. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate results of intravital and post-mortem diagnosis of mycobacterial infections in slaughtered ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the evolution of tuberculosis epidemiology in Area 15 of the Autonomous Community of Valencia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cases of tuberculosis were identified by active case finding in Area 15 from January 1987 through December 2001. Clinical and epidemiological data were extracted from case records and a patient interview. RESULTS Four hundred seventy-six diagnosed cases ...

The article presents the results of allergic and bacteriological studies cattle from a tuberculosis-free farm. presence reacting to an allergen atypical mycobacteria was established in three simultaneous tests during 2019–2020. Based on obtained, causative agent tuberculosis were not isolated examination biological material animals slaughtered for diagnostic purposes (n = 17), as well soil 5) s...

Hydatid disease is endemic in Turkey. Echinococcus granulosus causes cystic echinococcosis mostly in the liver and lung. Although pulmonary hydatid cysts can be diagnosed by clinical and radiological findings, atypical or complicated lung lesions may be misdiagnosed. In the present study, three cases with hemoptysis and atypical lung lesions were diagnosed and treated as lung cancer or tubercul...

Abstract: The non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ‘atypical mycobacteria’ belonging to species other than those classified in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. NTM have been reported cause cross-reactive immune responses that interfere with diagnosis of both livestock and wildlife considered as potential pathogens for animals humans. present study was conducted detection non- tuberculo...

OBJECT The aim of the study was to identify diagnoses that are confused with pulmonary tuberculosis in children. DESIGN Prospective, investigative clinical study. SETTING Tertiary care teaching hospital and an urban tuberculosis clinic in an area with a very high incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (> 800 new cases/100,000/year). PATIENTS Children suspected of having tuberculosis, childre...

Objective: Tuberculosis (TB) that can involve all organs is a disease progressing with wide range of clinical presentations. It especially difficult to diagnose the cases extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) due atypical course, and EPTB constitute approximately 35% TB in our country. In study, it was aimed examine distribution rates, diagnostic methods, treatment processes terms involved systems...