A,ariery of infectious agents have been implicated the etiology of TA viz. streptococcus and ~Icobacteriumtuberculosis. Evidence of infection with ·uberculosis has been reported on the basis of presence ofco-existent tubercular lesion in lungs and para-arotic Ilmph nodes as well as report of presence of Langhans gl3nl cells in lesions olTA. It is important to note that in Japan where disease is...

T uberculosis (TB) is a fascinating disease, and still represents a ‘‘special laboratory’’ for immunologists, pathologists, radiologists, respiratory physicians, paediatricians, public-health experts and other specialists. TB, after affecting mammoths and Egyptian mummies, has infected a large fraction of mankind (about one third of them, according to Mantoux-based estimates) of whom no more th...

the clinical and histological feature of 52 years old woman with erythema induratum are discribed the characteristic cutaneous lesions on the legs of middle-aged woman were violaceous, indurated nodules, 1 to 2 cm in diameter which were painful, occasionally ulcerated and could heal with scarring. the diagnosis was confirmed by a strongly positive tuberculin test, histologic feature and by clea...

A 73-year-old male patient with a history of pulmonary uberculosis in childhood, a gastric adenocarcinoma (intestial type) T1N0M0 (TNM classification), submitted to a partial astrectomy Roux-en-Y, 10 years before, and a T1 lowrade papillary bladder urothelial carcinoma treated with transurethral resection and epirubicin, 1 year before, eported anal pain and fever for the last 5 days. The atient...

uberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s great killers, but Australia has been relatively protected because of its strong public health system. Of 1300 cases reported in Australia each year, almost 90% occur in the overseas born, although Indigenous Australians are also disproportionately affected. Most cases arise in the large immigrant communities from India, Vietnam, the Philippines, China and...

uberculosis (TB) can involve the entire gastrointestinal tract (GI) ncluding the peritoneum and the pancreatobiliary system. The incidence nd severity depends on the prevalence of TB and infection with human mmunodeficiency syndrome (HIV). Abdominal TB is seen more comonly between 25 and 45 years of age. The modes of infection of the GI nclude hematogenous spread from a primary lung focus that ...

CMAJ | JANUARY 9, 2017 | VOLUME 189 | ISSUE 1 E11 T uberculosis (TB) is uncommon in children and adolescents in Canada, and diagnosis is often delayed because of a lack of diagnostic suspicion.1 Social determinants of health, including poverty, underscore its incidence and prevalence in countries with high TB burden but also among indigenous peoples in Canada in whom endemic TB remains a seriou...

/ '. A. (.. Manson-Bahr ORIGINAL. ARTICLES E phebia trie s in General Practice Male In fe rtility In travenous F luid T echnique F rac tu re s of Radial Head w ith D isplacem ent D erm atitis G angrenosa in fan tu m Fevers of A frica 6. — Leishm aniasis South of Sahara B.M.A. (M ashonaiand) Evidence on Medical School EDITORIALS Epidem iology of T uberculosis in the Belgian Congo and the Ruanda ...

uberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem, esponsible for the ill health of millions of people each year, nd ranks as the second leading cause of death from an nfectious disease worldwide.1 A variety of clinical manifesations are associated directly or indirectly with TB. Among hem, hematological abnormalities can be found in both he pulmonary and extrapulmonary forms of the diseas...