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Alehegn E, Gebreyohanns A, Berhane B, Wright J, Fantahun M, et al.
Background Extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) accounts for a significant proportion of tuberculosis (TB), a devastating disease of public health concern. The complexity of the cases, the involvement of many organs, resource constraints, and concerns regarding drug resistance mak…
Saha S
…ehend the diagnostic challenges of primary gastrointestinal tuberculosis (an uncommon extrapulmonary tuberculosis condition) utilizing the recently published case report of a young male with prolonged gastrointestinal symptoms and weight loss who received intermittent anti-tuberc…
Tebeje WT, Ayen AA, Argaw DA, Mulu TS, Abdulahi AA, et al.
Introduction and importance Tuberculosis (TB), a common chronic infectious disease, affected approximately 10.6 million people worldwide in 2021. While TB can affect the lungs (pulmonary TB) or other parts of the body, extrapulmonary TB, genital TB is a rare form of extrapulmonar…
А. Г. Наумов, Konstantin Boronin, K V Bokova, N S Zherebyat'eva, E. V. Zhukova, et al.
Timely detection of tuberculosis among the population, both pulmonary and, especially, extrapulmonary, is a priority task of domestic and foreign health care. Often, extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis mask various other pathologies. For example, laryngeal tuberculosis may be ma…
Rui-Lin Ren, Zhang Wu-xing, Wei Zhou, Yang Wang, Wei Huang
…h end-stage renal disease (ESRD) complicated with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) and undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). Methods A total of 133 ESRD patients complicated with tuberculosis, treated at the Tuberculosis Department of the 8…
V A Pekhtusov, Алексей Викторович Татаринцев, Giller Db, A B Bizhanov, И.И. Ениленис
…influence of surgical sanation of patients with destructive tuberculosis on the prevalence of tuberculosis and mortality. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The strategy of treatment for new cases of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis was developed in the Perelman Department of Phthisiopulmon…
Heru Wahyudi, M Susilawati
Introduction: The incidence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPT) cases is increasing globally. with bones and joints being the most common sites, accounting for over 10% of occurrences. Tuberculosis of the knee is rare case, presents challenges in prompt diagnosis, leading to sev…
Sohag University
…ert MTB/RIF assay performance in detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in smear-negative sputum samples. Tuberculosis (TB) infection, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a leading cause of mortality worldwide and ranks among the deadliest infectious diseases, including HI…
Chaudhary R, Bhatta S, Singh A, Pradhan M, Srivastava B, et al.
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis . It is a global health problem and major cause of death in resource-limited countries like Nepal. Timely diagnosis with sensitive testing methods could assist in early management of the disease. This …
Davuluri KS, Singh AK, Kumar V, Singh SV, Singh AV, et al.
…that VEGF growth factor induces neovascularization in human tuberculosis (TB) patients, but the evidence is inconclusive. Considerable ambiguity exists concerning the factors responsible for miliary tuberculosis. To identify such factors, we proposed an alternative explanation th…
Meregildo Rodriguez ED
Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis includes three clinical entities: tuberculous meningitis, intracranial tuberculoma, and spinal tuberculous arachnoiditis. All three categories are encountered frequently in regions of the world where the incidence of TB is high. Meningeal…
R. Harikrishna, Sanjula Jethwani, A T Rajeevan, A V Venugopalan
Introduction: The 2024 WHO Global Tuberculosis report labelled Tuberculosis as the leading cause of mortality amongst infectious diseases, surpassing COVID-19. Extrapulmonary manifestations account for almost 20% cases. Penile tuberculosis is a rare variant of genital tuberculosi…
Li S, Wu R, Feng M, Zhang H, Liu D, et al.
Spinal tuberculosis is a common extrapulmonary type that is often secondary to pulmonary or systemic infections. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection often leads to the balance of immune control and bacterial persistence. In this study, 64 patients were enrolled and the clinicopa…
Admassu W, Ayelign B, Abebe G, Tadesse M
Background Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and detection of drug resistance are very important for timely and appropriate management of patients. Xpert MTB/RIF assay is approved for use in TB and rifampicin-resistance diagnosis. However, data are limited on the impact of Xpe…
Andy Lesmana, Hapsari Retno Dewanti, Lenty BR Perangin Angin, Muhamad Irvan Muzakky, Stefi Geovani Valentin Hayon, et al.
Background: Musculoskeletal extrapulmonary tuberculosis is accounting for only 10-15% of all cases. Current attention has been focused on hand tuberculosis due to its increasing prevalence. This study describes an unusual case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that manifested as a s…
Ndèye Amy Sarr, Daouda Thioub, Ndiassé Ndiaye, Agbogbenkou Tevi Déla Lawson, Sylvie Audrey Diop
Laryngeal tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, often complicating pulmonary tuberculosis that may be unrecognized. Its clinical presentation is nonspecific, often pointing to cancer. We report the case of a 77-year-old woman, with no reported pathological h…
The Updated guidelines on Management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents include new recommendations that cover diagnostic approaches for TB, shorter treatment for children with non-severe drug-susceptible TB, a new option for the treatment of TB meningitis, the use of be…
Achache W, Boualam MA, Cassir N, Mimari C, Poitrenaud D, et al.
Laryngeal tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that questions the natural history of this infection. We report one such case in which a pathological examination of a laryngeal biopsy revealed granulomatous inflammation with caseous necrosis. Further investig…
Das R, Chandrasekar S, Purohit G, Satapathy AK, John J, et al.
Ocular tuberculosis (OTB) is a rare form of extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) and a rare presenting feature of tuberculosis (TB) in children. We report such a case in a 3-year-old boy who presented with a painless swelling over left upper eyelid. Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacil…
Jae Seok Park, Seung Yeon Yu, Hyeong Chan Shin, Chang Ki Yeo
Tuberculosis of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx due to extrapulmonary involvement of tuberculosis is very rare. Because of their rare characteristics, tuberculosis lesions represented by ulcers and tumors found in the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx are often mistaken for oth…
Walawe Nayaka S
Background: Peritoneal tuberculosis (PTB) is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that poses significant diagnostic challenges in Gynaecological practice due to its resemblance to ovarian malignancies. In regions endemic for tuberculosis, timely diagnosis is crucial to avoi…
Rakesh Kumar, Sweta Muni, Deepak Pankaj, Randhir Kumar, Kumar Saurabh, et al.
…pid diagnostic tool used for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its resistance to rifampicin. It can be offered as a first-line diagnostic modality in suspected cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB). This study was done to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the …
Wanli Kang, Jian Du, Yunqing Chang, Hongyan Chen, Jianxiong Liu, et al.
Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a multi-systemic disease with a protean presentation and remains a major global health problem. Concurrent pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) are common in clinical practice. However, the information about …
Hammami F, Ben Ayed H, Koubaa M, Chakroun A, Hsairi M, et al.
Background/objectives Tuberculosis is a multisystem disease that might affect any organ. Abdominal tuberculosis (ABT) represents 5-17% from all extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPT) sites. We aimed to study the clinical, laboratory and evolutionary features of ABT cases and to identi…
Wanli Kang, Jian Du, Yunqing Chang, Hongyan Chen, Jianxiong Liu, et al.
Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB), a multi-systemic disease with protean presentation, remains a major global health problem. Although concurrent pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) cases are commonly observed clinically, knowledge regarding co…