INTRODUCTION The incidence of tuberculosis in Poland decreased from 128.5 in 100 000 in 1970 to 19.1 in 100 000 in 2010. In many countries, but not in Poland, according to the improvement of the epidemiological situation of tuberculosis (TB), the proportion of the extrapulmonary form of this disease is increasing. The aim of this study was to describe changes in extrapulmonary TB epidemiology i...

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...

Tuberculosis can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract and is the sixth most frequent site of extrapulmonary involvement 1. Both the incidence and severity of extrapulmonary tuberculosis are expected to increase with increasing incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection 2. Tuberculosis that is encountered in Gastroenterology practice denotes involvement of the gastrointe...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the characteristics of hospitalized patients suffering from tuberculosis with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), focusing specifically on those treated without anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review to assess the characteristics of 1,022 hospitalized Japanese patients suffering from tuberculosis with an...

Dear Editors, Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem causing significant morbidity and mortality in individuals worldwide. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis has become an increasingly important issue, particularly among immune-compromised patients (1). According to the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System, in the USA, the prevalence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis was reported to incr...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been a cause of concern in both developed and developing countries. Surveillance data on primary drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis are important to design tuberculosis control programmes. There is a paucity of information about primary drug resistance in mycobacterium in Iran. We undertook this hospital-based st...

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major public health problems in the world. Effective control of TB depends on rapid and correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of Cobas Amplicor MTB (CA-MTB) test for pulmonary and extrapulmonary specimens isolated in our laboratory. A total of 424 specimens obtained from the suspected TB patients from J...

Despite extensive research, screening, education, and continuous efforts to try eradicate control the infection, tuberculosis is still one of most prevalent infections throughout world. Up 25% cases present extrapulmonary involvement. affect mainly children adults with compromised immune systems. The common locations are lymph nodes, pleura osteoarticular system. problem these types difficulty ...

BACKGROUND Arduous to differ clinically, extrapulmonary tuberculosis and focal complications of brucellosis remain important causes of morbidity and mortality in many countries. We developed and applied a multiplex real-time PCR assay (M RT-PCR) for the simultaneous detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Brucella spp. METHODOLOGY Conventional microbiological techniques and M RT-P...