The aim of this study was to determine the ability of bronchial brushing in rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with negative sputum smear.this retrospective study was performed on 188 patients who were suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis and had undergone fiberoptic bronchoscopy during the period of 1990 to 1996 in Kerman university No.1 . Although their history, physical ...

disseminated tuberculosis (tb) is commonly seen in hiv-infected patients and is major cause of death in these patients. in hiv-infected patients disseminated tuberculosis is frequently undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. in this article we report a case of disseminated tb in a hiv-infected patient with a relatively long history of fever and other complaints without definite diagnosis. diagnosis of dis...

conclusions the detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis is always an important differential diagnosis for skin and soft tissue involvement in endemic areas. the cold abscess is an uncommon form of cutaneous tuberculosis that can be single or multiple and with or without fistula. case presentation the case was a 42-year-old female, a known case of rheumatoid arthritis that was receiving predniso...

Introduction. Everywhere there is a weighting of the structure urogenital tuberculosis. Tuberculosis testis and its epididymis difficult to diagnose because it does not have pathognomonic symptoms; diagnosis cannot be verified microbiologically in study ejaculate or prostate secretion, however, possible detect pathogen biopsy specimens surgical material. Materials methods. Search results were a...

The musculoskeletal extrapulmonary tuberculosis is uncommon, the upper extremity tuberculosis is not common and the mycobacterial involvement of skin of hands and synovial sheath of tendons is rare. This prospective observational study was undertaken between August  2014 and December 2015 in a tertiary referral hospital. Patients attending with suspected primary tuberculosis of soft tissue...

Introduction: Delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis increases the risk of death and enhances the transmission of disease in the community. This study aims to determine the patient and health service delay and factors affecting it in tuberculosis diagnosis. Materials & Methods: A cross-sectional survey that included all the public health centers was conducted in Markazi province from March 200...

Tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease. It usually infects the lung, but dissemination to different organs results in severe form of tuberculosis, i.e., disseminated tuberculosis. The situation becomes even more challenging when infection due multidrug-resistant strains Mycobacterium present case very rare one where 17-year-old Indian girl presented with headache, vomiting, cough expectora...

identification of acid-fast bacilli (afb) in sputum or tissue samples is among definite diagnostic methods of tuberculosis. however, this method of diagnosis is restricted by certain limitations.   serologic diagnosis of tuberculosis (tb) has been used for a long time. the aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity and , specificity of antigen 60 (a60) igg, iga, igm test results in tb d...

Introduction: Diagnosis of sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis can be challenging and time consuming, with many patients being put on empirical anti-tuberculosis treatment. Bronchoscopy helps in early diagnosis such patients. Aims Objectives: To assess the diagnostic utility bronchial washing CBNAAT for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis smear suspected tuberculosis. Methodology: This case series wa...