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Kang W, Yu J, Liang C, Wang Q, Li L, et al.
Background Tuberculosis (TB), a multisystemic 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 concurrent P…
Daniélle van Staden
…eatment. This chapter addresses two challenging conditions: tuberculosis of the female genital tract, which is the second most common manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, and breast tuberculosis, a rare form of cutaneous tuberculosis. Both present difficulties regarding …
Fiske CT, Blackman A, Maruri F, Rebeiro PF, Huaman M, et al.
…ersons with previous EPTB, previous pulmonary TB, latent M. tuberculosis infection, and uninfected TB contacts. Persons with previous pleural TB were excluded due to enhanced immune responses at the site of disease. Methods Macrophages were stimulated with TLR-2 agonist M. tuberc…
Adrienne Chang, Omary Mzava, Liz-Audrey Djomnang Kounatse, Joan Sesing Lenz, Philip Burnham, et al.
ABSTRACT Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant cause of mortality worldwide. Metagenomic next-generation sequencing has the potential to reveal biomarkers of active disease, identify coinfection, and improve detection for sputum-scarce or culture-negative cases. Meth…
Tuhanan Dolmuş, Kerem Ensarıoğlu, Tuğçe Şahin Özdemirel, Mehmet Kuruş, Şeref Özkara
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that may involve all systems, with the respiratory system being the most commonly affected. Tuberculosis of the chest wall and its structures is rare, in which malignancy and abscess may be counted among possible differential diagnoses. In th…
Ludo Mahieu, Aikaterini Barka, Wouter Arrázola de Oñate, Veerle Matheeussen, Koen Vanden Driessche
• Female genital tuberculosis increases infertility, prematurity, and perinatal tuberculosis risk in migrant mothers from high-incidence areas. • Visiting friends and relatives increases tuberculosis risk in migrants from high-endemic countries. • Diagnosis of congenital tubercul…
Gwalabe SA, Dunga JA, Misau YA, Maigari IM, Adamu A
Background Extra- pulmonary tuberculosis ( EPTB) contributes to the burden of Tuberculosis (TB) especially in developing countries. Despite this fact, information on the prevalence of EPTB is scarce. The aim of this study is to determine the five-year prevalence of EPTB among pat…
I. V. Drozdetskaya, А. В. Мордык, Надежда Игоревна Поркулевич
Introduction . Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) still has many features: there is a different approach to its definition in different countries, there is no screening, diagnosis is extremely difficult and requires financial costs, and bacteriological verification does not excee…
Hanine Mohamed Amine, Atmani Walid, Amchich Younes, Haddou Ammar
Introduction: Thyroid tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Due to its nonspecific clinical and radiological presentation, it can easily mimic thyroid cancer. Case report: A 55-year-old female presented with a thyroid swelling. Neck ultrasound showed a 26 mm…
Shivbrat Sharma, Shachita, Parul Bhardwaj
Tuberculosis of ear is a rare entity. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment can prevent many serious complications. Here we report a case of 45 year old female with middle ear tuberculosis which was cured with mastoid exploration followed by anti tubercular treatment. Keywords: Tu…
Prince Kumar, N. Krishnan, x Devakumar, A Chinnarasu
Tuberculosis is an air-borne infection caused by the organism Mycobacterium Tuberculosis that can affect any organ though it commonly involves infection of the lungs. Extra pulmonary tuberculosis accounts for 15% of all cases. Extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is defined as any…
P. Chikhalikar, M. V. Bansode, Anita Paritekar, Varun Bafna
…reatment failure including death. And prognosis of diabetic tuberculosis patients as compared to non diabetic ones is poorer. Methods: An comparative analytical study was done in microbiologically confirmed 50 diabetic and 50 non diabetic TB patients registered in RNTCP OPD of te…
Yadav S
Tuberculosis is a disease with presentations both in the lungs and at other extrapulmonary sites. While pulmonary tuberculosis constitutes a significant proportion of total tuberculosis cases, extrapulmonary cases with infections at rare sites are also documented. Herein, an exce…
Diriba G, Alemu A, Tola HH, Eshetu K, Yenew B, et al.
…ed to determine the frequencies and trends of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance among presumptive tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia, who were tested using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay between 2014 and 2021. Methods Data were collected retrospectively from patient re…
Dolmus T, Ensarioglu K, Sahin Ozdemirel T, Kurus M, Ozkara S
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that may involve all systems, with the respiratory system being the most commonly affected. Tuberculosis of the chest wall and its structures is rare, in which malignancy and abscess may be counted among possible differential diagnoses. In th…
Chin KL, Suing EJ, Andong R, Foo CH, Chan SK, et al.
Spinal tuberculosis, also referred to as Pott's disease, presents a significant risk of severe paralysis if not promptly detected and treated, owing to complications such as spinal cord compression and deformity. This article presents the genetic analysis of a Mycobacterium tuber…
Annalisa Del Giudice, Rossella Perna, Teresa Baldoni, Francesco Scarano, Annunziata De Rosa, et al.
Background: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) remains difficult to diagnose because the clinical specimens to be examined are often paucibacillary and obtained with difficulty from inaccessible sites. An updated Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) test has been designed and licensed…
Rushna Wazahat, Mehvash Haider, Debasish Chattopadhya, Mridu Dudeja
Background and aims: India is a high-burden tuberculosis region and a drug-resistance hotspot. Despite numerous reports of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases, there needs to be more literature available on the importance of diagnostic methods in the case of extrapulmonary tubercu…
Sunnetcioglu M, Baran AI, Binici I, Esmer F, Gultepe B
…nges in demographic and clinical features of extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases. Methods This retrospective study was conducted at Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey, and comprised records of extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients treated between January 2009 and July 2014 at the t…
Yin J, Yan G, Qin L, Zhu C, Fan J, et al.
Background Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) without symptomatic pulmonary involvement has been thought to be non-transmissible, but EPTB with asymptomatic pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) could transmit tuberculosis (TB). Genomic investigation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is…
Dileep Tiwari, Shafiul Haque, Ram P Tiwari, Arshad Jawed, Thavendran Govender, et al.
…ostic test was developed for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in serum samples of active tuberculosis (TB) and extrapulmonary TB patients via a liposomal agglutination-based method. **METHODS:** A rapid card test has been developed to facilitate the recogniti…
Ming Luo, Xiaofeng Li, Feifei Wang, L L Wang, Tongxin Li, et al.
Superficial lymph node tuberculosis (SLNTB) represents a prevalent form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). The imperative need for an early diagnosis of this condition underscores the significance of developing a straightforward, minimally invasive, and highly efficacious det…
Niu Q, Wu R, Pan K, Ge X, Chen W, et al.
Hepatic tuberculosis (HTB) is rare extrapulmonary tuberculosis that is clinically similar to liver malignancy, making it difficult for correct diagnoses. Pathology is the gold standard for tuberculosis diagnosis. However, there are few reports on the pathological features of HTB.…
Ruesen C, Chaidir L, van Laarhoven A, Dian S, Ganiem AR, et al.
Background Meningitis is the most severe manifestation of tuberculosis. It is largely unknown why some people develop pulmonary TB (PTB) and others TB meningitis (TBM); we examined if the genetic background of infecting M. tuberculosis strains may be relevant. Methods We whole-ge…
Elin Folkesson, Gabrielle Fröberg, Christopher Sundling, Thomas Schön, Erik Södersten, et al.
… World Health Organization (WHO) test targets for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) with high bacillary loads. We investigated the contribution of MTB-HR as a nonsputum, near point-of-care diagnostic method in other prioritized groups, such as extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) and pa…