background : multi drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis (mdr-tb) is an infection with a causative bacillus which is resistant to at least two drugs, isoniazid and rifampin. the purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of tb resistance to first-line drugs of newly diagnosed active pulmonary tuberculosis. methods : this cross-sectional study was performed on 77 patients with newly...

The usefulness of a new rapid diagnostic test (Patho-TB) using antibodies specific to mycobacterial antigens was evaluated for the rapid discrimination between pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and non-TB pulmonary diseases on sputa. One hundred sputa collected from 79 active TB patients and from 21 patients with non-TB pulmonary diseases (asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) were enroll...

With the decreasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB), tuberculous abscess of the chest wall (TACW) is becoming rare. Pulmonary carcinoma coexisting with pulmonary TB has been reported in the past, but reports of pulmonary TB accompanied with TACW are scarce. We present the first case of a 66-year-old male with TACW accompanied with pulmonary carcinoma.

BACKGROUND A high burden of tuberculosis (TB) occurs in sub-Saharan African countries and many cases of active TB and drug-resistant TB remain undiagnosed. Tertiary care hospitals provide an opportunity to study TB co-morbidity with non-communicable and other communicable diseases (NCDs/CDs). We evaluated the burden of undiagnosed pulmonary TB and multi-drug resistant TB in adult inpatients, re...

introduction: mycobacterial tuberculosis (tb) infection is a serious opportunistic infection in renal transplant patients. although tb is normally considered as an opportunistic infection of the early period, it can be diagnosed at any time. in this study four patients who suffered from tb were examined. cases report: among 200 patients who were monthly examined in sina hospital of tehran, tb w...

1 Medical officer, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India 3 Professor, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India 4 Senior Professor, Department of Medicine, NMCH, Govt Medical College Kota, Rajasthan, India Corresponding Author Dr Sa...

There are limited data available on the risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Therefore, we here conducted a retrospective matched case-control study among adults with pulmonary TB who received treatment at the Central Chest Institute of Thailand (CCIT) between January 2007 and December 2013, in order to determine the risk factors associated with MDR-TB among patients with...

Current diagnostic tests for tuberculosis (TB) are time-consuming. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of ADA in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in patients with pulmonary TB. A cross-sectional study was performed in Yazd, Iran, between 2009 and 2010. Patients suspected of pulmonary TB with negative sputum smear for AFB were included in the study. Mean ADA levels in BAL...

BACKGROUND It is very difficult to prevent pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) due to the lack of specific and diagnostic markers, which could lead to a high incidence of pulmonary TB. We screened the differentially expressed serum microRNAs (miRNAs) as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB. METHODS In this study, serum miRNAs were screened using the Solexa sequencing method as the p...

BACKGROUND The significance of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolated from a patient during therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is uncertain. We investigated the frequency and clinical significance of NTM isolated from patients receiving anti-TB treatment. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all patients with culture-confirmed pulmonary TB, and identified patients wit...