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González Saldaña N, Macías Parra M, Arias de la Garza E, Solorzano Morales S, Galvis Trujillo D, et al.
Primary rib cage tuberculosis (TB) is an infrequent form of presentation and represents 1% of all cases of osteoarticular TB. We report three cases of children who were previously healthy and who began with swelling of the anterior surface of the rib as initial manifestation of T…
Paul K. Drain, Karen A. Heichman, Douglas Wilson
In 2017, tuberculosis caused an estimated 1·6 million deaths, including 300 000 deaths among people with HIV, and surpassed HIV/AIDS to become the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide.1WHOGlobal Tuberculosis Report 2018. World Health Organization, Geneva2018Google Scho…
Akshay Ghai, Neeraj Sharma
Tuberculosis is a chronic granulomatous bacterial infection caused most commonly by Mycobacterium species. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) of the mandibular condyle is rare and presents with alteration of the condylar morphology along with extra-oral swelling. EPTB can either …
Jing Tong, Mengqiu Gao, Yu Chen, Jie Wang
Abstract Background: Hematogenous disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis predisposes to concurrent tuberculous meningitis (TBM), the most devastating and disabling form of tuberculosis. However, children often have atypical clinical symptoms, difficulty in specimen collection, low s…
Elbardai Ghita, N. Kabbali, Basmat Amal Chouhani, Tarik Sqalli Houssaïni
…ns are frequent in chronic dialysis patients, in particular tuberculosis (TB). The main objective of our study is to evaluate tuberculosis healthcare delay in dialysis patients and to raise the diagnostic challenge in these patients. Method The study is retrospective and multicen…
A.R. Aroyan, А. В. Мордык
Introduction . Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is more difficult to diagnose than respiratory tuberculosis. However, late detection leads to disabling consequences. Children from 4 to 11 years old are at risk for tuberculosis due to increased communication skills. It seems relevant t…
Pinto Silva, Catarina, de Sousa, Beatriz, Lima, Joana, Vasconcelos, Sofia, Rebelo, Alícia, et al.
Tuberculosis is a challenging diagnosis with marked clinical heterogeneity that can lead to diagnostic delay and serious and potentially life-threatening problems. The most prevalent form of the disease is pulmonary tuberculosis. The present case has unique features as in that it…
R Mena, R Gander, N Mendoza, A Soriano, M Asensio
**INTRODUCTION:** Urogenital tuberculosis (UG-TB) accounts for 30-40% of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) cases and is extremely rare in the pediatric age. It is usually diagnosed in advanced stages, and its treatment mostly requires antitubercular therapy combined with surgery. **CLINI…
Hasan Kaya, H. Zeki TONBUL, Yılmaz SELÇUK, Dilek İKA, Ramazan Çetinkaya, et al.
Tuberculosis developed in 28 out of 512 hemodialysis patients during from December 1992 to December 1997. The incidence was %5.5. The mean age of patients was 45.0±l 1.6 years. Mean duration on hemodialysis before diagnosis of tuberculosis was 14.1±11.8 months and mean duration o…
Khalid Mahdi Salih
Background 
 Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in both developing and developed countries. Children with Tuberculosis is also achieve epidemiological indicators in terms of forming the future Tuberculosis pool. The diagnosis of Tuberculosis is difficult in c…
Parisa Dini, Soheila Aminimoghaddam, Setare Nassiri, Vahid Kaveh, Solmaz Sadeghi, et al.
Introduction: Tuberculosis is relatively common in reproductive age and thereby can be observed in pregnancy. Some of the clinical presentations of tuberculosis overlap with nonspecific symptoms that are found in normal pregnancy. Therefore, delay in diagnosis is understandable. …
G.G. Golka, V.V. Vesnin, V.V. Burlaka, A.O. Oliinyk, O.G. Fadieiev, et al.
…alysis of the scientific literature on the current state of diagnosis of patients with tuberculous spondylitis (TS), and identify prospects for improving the diagnosis of this disease. Materials and methods. To carry out this work, we analyzed 118 literature sources from the Pub …
Yeni Quinta Mondiani, Dinda Iryawati, Badrul Munir
…e non-specific symptoms of TB meningitis, often leads to misdiagnosis Case Report: Male, 31 years old, presented with a persistent headache as the primary symptom, without definite fever, neck stiffness, or altered mental status. Initial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis showed …
Ismail Ouhammou, Hinde Hami, Ouassima Erefai, Driss Hmouni
Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem. In most cases, appropriate and correctly administered anti-tuberculosis treatment leads to recovery. However, the presence of certain factors increases the risk of relapses. This study aims to analyze the epidemiological profile…
Rubaiyat Alam, A B Karim, Md Rukunuzzaman
Now a day's tuberculosis has become a global emergency especially in children and abdomen is the sixth commonest extra-pulmonary site of involvement. Diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis (TB) in children is still challenging. Non specific constitutional symptoms and long lasting a…
Sahariar Hossain Siddik, Khandakar Rashed Ahmed, Sharif Hasan, Zarin Tasnim, Asad Zaman, et al.
Abstract Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is highly prevalent in Bangladesh. The affection of the central nervous system(CNS) is one of the most dangerous manifestations of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. This may take the form of either tubercular meningitis (TBM), tuberculoma, or s…
Akshay Kamle, Nilesh Jain, Pramila Ramawat, Hemant Jain
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Pediatric patients are underdiagnosed and underreported, have a signicantly high mortality risk. CBNAAT is a good diagnostic method to detect mycobacterium tubercule bacilli (MTB). Material an…
María Rodríguez-Santiago, Luis Alvarez-Pérez, José Gaudier-Díaz, Pedro Gil-De Rubio, Natalia Hernández-Cuevas, et al.
Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) is the TB involving organs other than lungs. The diagnosis of EPTB can be difficult, as suspicion is challenging, because it presents with nonspecific clinical features and atypical presentation. Furthermore, patients with HIV may present with f…
D. Pavan, H. Ravish, S. Nagarathna, M. Nethravathi, K Sangeetha Seshagiri
Although tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, affects the lungs in the majority of cases, it can also affect other parts of the body. It is most common in young children and HIV-infected patients, but it can also be found in adults with the condit…
Radia Bounhir, Ichrak Habboubat, Elmostafa Benaissa, Yassine Ben Lahlou, Mariama Chadli
Osteoarticular tuberculosis is a rare but serious form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that often presents with nonspecific symptoms, leading to delayed diagnosis and increased risk of joint destruction. We report a case of knee tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient, undersco…
Maria Vitória Melo Almeida, Gustavo Alessandro Boritiza da Silva, YGOR MAGALHÃES MIRANDA, Rossela Damasceno Caldeira
…phalitis (TBME) is a severe manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, frequently associated with delayed diagnosis due to the nonspecific nature of early symptoms. This case report describes a 46-year-old man residing in Uruará, western Pará, previously healthy, who in May 20…
Raden Angga Kartiwa, Firda Muthia Elsyanty, Grace Setiawan, Niluh Putu Ayu Dewi, Shanti Fitrianti Boesoirie, et al.
Ocular tuberculosis occurs in 1.5-18% of all extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases, with orbital tuberculosis being a very small proportion of all cases of ocular tuberculosis. High variability of manifestations of orbital tuberculosis may result in delayed diagnosis. Children are th…
Esra Gürbüz, Saim Türkoğlu, Hakan Çilka, Mehmet Ali Çelik
…d treatment modalities of the patients followed up with the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). Methods: Patients older than 18 years of age who were followed up for TB in Van Central Tuberculosis Dispensary between January 2018 and December 2021 were included in this study. Demograp…
Singh S, Chegondi M, Chacham S, Kumar P, Goyal JP
Background Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) is an indicator of the recent transmission of TB in the community. However, the diagnosis of pediatric TB poses a challenge to clinicians. Aims We aimed to evaluate and compare the clinical and laboratory profile of pulmonary TB (PTB) and ex…
Sricharen Sridhar, Mohini Singh, Ramakrishnan Subbaraya Rajendran, Sudha Madhavan, Lawrence D Cruze, et al.
Tuberculosis continues to pose a significant health burden in developing nations such as India, contributing to nearly one-third of tuberculosis cases globally. The cutaneous form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, though not life-threatening, poses a diagnostic challenge due to its…