conclusions extrapulmonary tuberculosis may mimic many other diseases, so it should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis. it is essential to diagnose osteoarticular tuberculosis early, as late diagnosis or inadequate treatment may cause permanent disability. case presentation a 16-year-old girl presented to the outpatient otolaryngology clinic with painless swelling of the neck, and to...

drug resistance (especially multiple drug resistance) in mycobacterium tuberculosis makes global concerns in treatment and control of tuberculosis. rapid diagnosis of drug resistant strains of the bacteria has vital importance in the prognosis of the disease. the aim of this study was to identify the mutations responsible for drug resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis strains derived from pa...

context tuberculosis (tb) disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis (mtb) remains as one of the leading infectious causes of death and disease throughout the world. the history of tuberculosis as a worldwide fatal illness traces back to antiquity, being a well-known disease in ancient civilizations. evidence acquisition presented here, is a brief review of the history of tuberculosis and bac...

background: female genital tuberculosis is an important cause of secondary amenorrhea and infertility in developing countries where tuberculosis is endemic. objectives: we present three cases in which endometrial tuberculosis was a cause of secondary amenorrhea and infertility.rnpatients and methods: in a retrospective study from january 2007 to june 2010, we conducted 1010 laparoscopies for in...

background: tuberculosis is one of the infectious diseases worldwide that has resurgence by the aids epidemic and led to the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis patients. thus, it seems essential to monitor the drug susceptibility in tuberculosis patients. the new high resolution melting (hrm) method is simple, rapid and inexpensive for detection of the mutations responsible for drug resistance...

conclusions with regard to the ease of urine sample preparation and the 100% specificity the pcr method, performing urine pcr could be used as a diagnostic aid in ptb cases obtaining sputum samples is problematic. results results of the current study indicated that 48 (62.3%) patients out of 77 had a positive sputum culture. urine cultures and acid-fast smears were negative. urine pcr-tb was po...

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...

background: resistance to anti-tuberculosis (tb) drugs is a global problem. previous studies showed that the prevalence of primary mdr-tb is higher and has been increasing. the purpose of this study was to determine the primary drug resistance in strains isolated from patients with smear-positive of the new cases to anti-tb drugs. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 266 smear positive pulmo...

background: one-third of the world’s population is currently infected by tubercle bacillus. this study was performed to evaluate epidemiological and clinical aspects of confirmed cases of tuberculosis infections in a seven-year time period, between years of 2002 to 2008, in the city of hamadan, west of iran. materials and methods: in this descriptive retrospective study, medical records of 375 ...