We have prospectively analyzed three antigens for serodiagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). These antigens were tuberculous glycolipid antigen, lypoarabinomannan polysaccharide antigen, and antigen 60 (A60), which was derived from purified protein derivatives. Of the 131 patients with active pulmonary TB, 57 were both smear and culture negative and 14 had chronic active pulmonary TB that remained sme...

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a known risk factor for tuberculosis (TB). Presently, little is known about the effect of DM on the clinical presentation of TB. The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical features of pulmonary TB in diabetics in our region. Methods: The present prospective observational study was carried out on all consecutive smear-positive pulmonary TB patients wi...

n Society http cense. Abstract Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a widely spread disease, usually treated by multidrug therapy, nevertheless there are increasing number of cases in which medical treatment fails and requires surgical intervention specially those with large cavitary lesions or persistent sputum positive for Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) stain. Our objective was to assess the role o...

Resistance to isoniazid (INH) is the most common form of drug resistance in pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Although fluoroquinolones (FQs) are recommended to strengthen treatment regimens for INH-resistant pulmonary TB, few studies have evaluated the clinical efficacy of FQ-containing regimens in patients with INH-resistant pulmonary TB. A retrospective cohort study of 140 patients with INH-resis...

Malnutrition is observed frequently in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), but their micronutrient status, especially of Vitamin A and Zinc, is still poorly documented. The objective of this study was to investigate the micronutrient status of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis, admitted in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, CSM Medical University UP, Lucknow. In this case-co...

background: there is growing evidence that diabetes mellitus (dm) is an important risk factor for tuberculosis (tb). a significant number of dm patients have poor glycemic control. this study was carried out to find the impact of poor glycemic control on newly diagnosed smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary care hospital. methods: in a hospit...

Background: The objective of this study was to analyse the clinical characteristics HIV+ and HIV- tuberculosis patients followed treated at Oyem Regional Hospital Centre (ORHC).
 Materials Methods: During conducted between January 2019 December 2021, data collection based on exploitation medical records registers results from analysis laboratory regional hospital Oyem, in which there were ...

Introduction: Nowadays, despite socio-economic development of communities and controlling majority of communicable diseases, tuberculosis is still one of the main causes of mortality and disability in developing countries. With respect to importance and high incidence of tuberculosis in marginal provinces, the present study aimed to assess the epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Khuzestan provinc...