Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most important public health problems in the world and has been declared as a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is one of the first developed vaccines to prevent TB. Unfortunately, BCG vaccine has had a limited duration of protection and has shown controversial and variable levels of efficacy, especial...

در ایـــن تحقیق، برهمکـنش بین یونهـای لانتـــانیـدی (m(iii)= tb, dy, er, eu, sm) با هتروپلی آنیون [siw9o34]10- در محلولهای آبی مورد بررسی قرار گرفـت. از برهمکنش یونهـای لانتــانیدی (m(iii)=tb, dy, er) با پلی اکســوآنیون های ســـه حفره ای آلفــا و بتــای [siw9o34]10- به عنـــوان لیگـــانــد در حضــور یون کربنــات کمپلکس هــایی بــا ســـاختــار کــلی [(siw9o34)2(m(oh2))3co3] بدست می آید. در این س...

Background and Aim: Diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis is difficult because of its non-specific clinical presentations which may be confused with other disorders of central nervous system. The initiation of anti-TB medication can often be delayed because of lack of available laboratory tests. This study was aimed at evaluating the adenosine deaminase (ADA) concentration in differentiating tube...

Background and Aim: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) infection is common in patients infected with the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In this study, we evaluated thoracic CT scan findings of HIV/TB co-infection, before and after anti-TB treatment. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, pre-and post-treatment thoracic CT scans of patients diagnosed with HIV and defin...