background: genital tuberculosis is a chorionic disease and mostly occurs by haematogenous spread from extra genital source like lungs, peritoneum, lymph nodes and bones. transmission through a sexual intercourse is also possible. since the majority of patients are in reproductive ages, involvement of fallopian tubes and endometrium cause infertility in patients. cases: reviewing 4 cases of fem...

background since tuberculosis (tb) is a major public health problem that is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among infectious diseases worldwide, early diagnosis and treatment are important to control an effective tuberculosis (tb) and also the increasing number of patients with atypical manifestations of active tb. it suggests more evaluation for active tb in fibrotic lesion in ct sc...

Rheumatoid arthritis may sometimes present with extra-articular involvement, pulmonary involvement is not common. Rheumatoid arthritis has been reported among Nigerians and extra-articular manifestations are rarely seen. One of the patients was misdiagnosed and mismanaged as a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis. The study is to demonstrate that rheumatoid arthritis is not as rare as previously...

Objectives: To study the various clinical and radiological manifestations of tuberculosis, AFB status, tuberculin reactivity in HIV positive patients and its relationship with the CD4 cell counts. Methods: Symptomatic patients with confirmed serodiagnosis of HIV infection were screened for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) as well as for extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), diagnosis of tuberculosis...

Tuberculosis is a chronic, granulomatous disease. Primary lesion usually occurs in the lung. Extra pulmonary infection commonly involves head, neck and abdomen. In the absence of typical features of tuberculosis, tuberculous cellulitis mimicking oral infection may pose a challenge for diagnosis. In an attempt to highlight an uncommon presentation, we document a case of extra pulmonary tuberculo...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Tuberculosis (TB) is a public health problem worldwide. Rapid and accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis is crucial to facilitate early treatment of infectious cases and to reduce its spread. The present study was aimed to evaluation of 16 kDa antigen as a serodiagnostic tool in pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis patients in an effort to improve diagnostic algorithm ...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally, with most cases occurring in developing countries. The importance of extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) among all forms of tuberculosis has not yet been ascertained in developing countries. OBJECTIVE To identify and perform phenotypic characterization of clinically important mycobacterium isolates from extra-p...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to describe the incidence and clinical characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in SLE and RA patients in Korea where the prevalence rate of active pulmonary tuberculosis in a general population is relatively higher than in Western countries. PATIENTS We reviewed the medical records of 283 SLE and 284 RA patients retrospectively and then ass...

Introduction: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that has displayed increasing incidence in the last decades. It is estimated that up to 20% of tuberculosis cases affect extra-pulmonary organs. In the ENT area, soft palate and tongue are the least probable locations.   Case Report A 62-year-old female with a history of rheumatoid arthritis and treatment with corticosteroids and Adalimumab, d...