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Shreya Dubey, RV Singh, Bhavana Gupta, Anju Nayak, Ajay Rai, et al.
Tuberculosis has been declared as global emergency by WHO as about 85 per cent of all tuberculosis cases occur in WHO region of South East Asia (34%), Africa (31%) and western pacific (20%). The disease is accountable for more deaths throughout the world than any other bacterial …
Kaur K, Laal S, Ryndak MB
Introduction . Intraocular tuberculosis (IOTB) is a significant cause of visual morbidity in tuberculosis (TB)-endemic countries. Although Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( M. tb ) has been detected in both the retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and in the intraocular fluid (IOF) …
Enes Dalmanoğlu
…neous involvement is a relatively uncommon manifestation of tuberculosis. Cutaneous lesions account for less than 2 percent of all extrapulmonary manifestations. Due to the paucibacillary nature of the lesions, there is a potential for misdiagnosis, which could result in the chro…
Şahin Mavi EA, Akdemir MÇ, Akin AE, Uyaroğlu OA, Köksal D
Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Although it typically affects the lungs (pulmonary TB), one-fifth of TB cases present as extrapulmonary TB. The diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB is often overlooked due to its atypical c…
Payal Gami Vinit Patel
… abscess of chest wall accounts for 1-4% of musculoskeletal tuberculosis which in case accounts for 1-2% of all types of tuberculosis. It is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. It is rare in a immunocompetent patients to have chest wall abscess with concomitant tubercular…
Felisitas Farica Sutantoyo, Paulus Sugianto
Background/aim. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) infection can cause pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), resulted from hematogenous or lymphatic dissemination of the bacteria. Disseminated TB is characterized by the presence of two or more non-contiguous s…
Li H, Long Y, Shao F, Lan X
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis could involve multiple organs. However, thymic tuberculosis is relatively rare. We report a 21-year-old man who was referred for an F-FDG PET/CT imaging to assess his newly detected pulmonary nodule. The images showed the pulmonary nodule had minimal a…
Wahyu Purnomo, Tutik Kusmiati, Soedarsono Soedarsono
…e seen in more than 50% of patients with concurrent HIV and tuberculosis (TB). Approximately 7% of those are presented as a rare case, namely testicular TB, with scrotal mass as common clinical manifestation. Testicular TB should be a different diagnosis, especially in areas with…
Muxing Chen, Fan Zhang, Yiping Liu, Youfei Lin, Di Wu, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS-TB) remains a critical clinical challenge with high mortality, and its underlying immunopathological mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to investigate age-dependent variations in T lymphocyte subset…
Riyadi Adrizain, Dyah Ayu Shinta Lesmanawati, Fadila Dyah Trie Utami, Anggraini Alam, Djatnika Setiabudi
…mune systems and more prone to secondary infections such as tuberculosis (TB).is a rare case but serious complication of COVID-19. It commonly affects the gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, hematologic, and mucocutaneous systems. This study presents a case of MIS-C in a 15-year-ol…
Ngwira A, Manda S, Karimuribo ED, Kimera SI
…tion of common spatial disease trends between cattle bovine tuberculosis (BTB) and human extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) and drug-resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) can support integrated disease control and monitoring programmes. We employed the recently developed multivariate dis…
Mekonnen D, Munshea A, Nibret E, Adnew B, Herrera-Leon S, et al.
Background Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), is a chronic infectious disease with both pulmonary and extrapulmonary forms. This study set out to investigate and compare the genomic diversity and transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tube…
Risan NA, Febrianda RD, Nataprawira HM
…ale neonate with high suggestive of congenital disseminated tuberculosis (TB) [tuberculous meningitis (TBM), pulmonary TB, and ocular TB] at term, low birth weight born cesarean section from a confirmed COVID-19 and pulmonary TB mother who hospitalized in the isolation room and n…
Ramachandran S, R P
Background The Xpert® mycobacterium tuberculosis complex/resistance to rifampin (MTB/RIF) test is widely recognized for its ability to provide rapid and accurate results for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in both pulmonary and extrapulmonary samples. Its utility is especially criti…
Andrea Vejarano-Pombo, Sandra B Amado-Garzón, Javier I Lasso-Apráez, Sebastián Moreno-Mercado, Samuel Martínez-Vernaza, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) poses a public health challenge, particularly among individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, many EPTB cases arise in those without HIV, leaving the underlying factors unclear. **OBJECTIVES:** This study aim…
Addo SO, Mensah GI, Mosi L, Abrahams AOD, Addo KK
…tic diversity and drug resistance profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates from extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) patients in Ghana, and their associated immune responses. Methods Spoligotyping was performed on 102 MTBC isolates from EPTB patients. Lineages…
Imrani K, El Youssfi Z, Acharki M, Belkouchi A, Billah NM, et al.
Tuberculosis is related to high rate of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Extra-pulmonary forms are increasing in incidence. The diagnosis of extrapulmonary locations, especially abdominal, is often difficult because the clinical and biological signs are not specific, leading to…
E. I. Veselova, Anna Panova, Grigory Kaminskiy, Vadim Testov, Anastasia Samoilova, et al.
…etic methods (MGM) provide rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) DNA and DST. It is critical important for TB and HIV co-infected patients due to acute and severe TB manifestation. <b>Aims:</b> To study efficiency of MTB DNA detection (MTBD) by MGM among new TB case…
Mannava AS, Wesley Garapati CA, Ganguly S, Jaykar KC
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and it can affect multiple organ systems. Cutaneous TB, a less common type of extrapulmonary TB can coexist with TB of other organs. Here, we describe a case of multifocal cutaneous TB suggestive of two different morpholog…
Meghna Patel, M. S. Desai, Amrutlal Leuva
…enexpertMTb/Rif system for rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rifampicin resistance in extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A prospective study - IJIRM- Print ISSN No: - 2581-4214 Online ISSN No:- 2581-4222 Article DOI No:- 10.18231/j.ijirm.2020.010, IP Indian Journal of I…
Keerthi A. Prakash, Gayathri Aur Ramakrishnan, A. Vasudevan
…nificance of “trace calls” in Xpert Ultra for Mycobacterium tuberculosis /rifampicin and to clear clinical dilemmas for treating Xpert Ultra trace calls with antituberculosis therapy (ATT). Materials and Methods: This is an observational retrospective study that was done at Apoll…
Nasrin R, Uddin MKM, Kabir SN, Rahman T, Biswas S, et al.
…t MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) from different types of extrapulmonary specimens in comparison with culture and composite microbiological reference standard (CRS). A total of 240 specimens were prospectively collected from presumpti…
Girija Shankar Udgata, S.K. Dash, Sasmita Meher, ANANYA UDGATA, Smruti Ranjan Hota
Background and Aims: Tuberculosis (TB) is severe infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and imposes significant morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis of active TB forms pulmonary and extrapulmonary is very important and the diagnostic methods such as culture t…
Liona Christy Pattinasarany, Titis Widowati, Amalia Setyati
Background: Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is a form of extrapulmonary TB that can present with or without involvement of the lungs. The diagnosis is difficult to establish, which may lead to diagnostic delays. Effective management of adolescent TB requires a holistic approach from …
Daniel Edisha Garba, Uju Marie-Esther Dibua, Chiamaka Ukamaka Oka, Yvonne Ogechukwu Ozoadibe, Friday Attah, et al.
Urogenital tuberculosis (UGTB) is a common extrapulmonary manifestation of TB, but its diagnosis remains challenging due to nonspecific symptoms and limited diagnostic tools. Despite its significant impact on global health, it remains incompletely understood and often overlooked.…