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Imman Kalyani Jena, Sunil Kumar Agarwalla
Background Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in children remains a significant health challenge with diverse clinical presentations and diagnostic difficulties. Given the diagnostic complexity and potential severity of pediatric extrapulmonary TB, particularly in high-burden reg…
Kashyap B, Gupta N, Singha K, Dewan P, Hyanki P, et al.
…en in an endemic area for TB. We report here a rare case of pediatric tuberculous liver abscess, the etiology of which was established using recently introduced Cartridge based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT). A 7 years old male child presented with vomiting, pain abdome…
Kathleen Kay Yambot, Neil Aldrine Peñaflor
…D; 
 ABSTRACTObjective: To report a case of multifocal pediatric tuberculosis presenting with mandibular swelling and discuss its etiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, management, and outcome after treatment.
 
 
 
 
 Methods:
 Design: Case Re…
Oğuzhan Fatih Ay, Hülya HAKSEVER, Mehmet Emrah BAYAM, Özgür DAĞLI
Thyroid tuberculosis is a very rare condition with a rate of 0.1-1.15% even in countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis. In this presentation, we evaluated the management of a patient with a preoperative diagnosis of benign tissue and a pre-diagnosis of multinodular goite…
Zahid Talibi Alaoui, Mohammed Raiteb, Fatima Ihbibane, Nabila Soraa, Noura Tassi
Abstract Background Tuberculosis is a health problem in Morocco, which is increasingly indicative of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Objective To determine the epidemiological, clinical and paraclinical, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects of tuberculosis and HIV c…
Mohammad Jaseem Hassan, Saqib Ahmed, Saifullah Khalid, Kafil Akhtar, Mahboob Hasan
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis manifests as pulmonary and extrapulmonary forms with cutaneous TB being rare and TB of scalp even rarer. We report the case of a 13-year-old girl who was admitted with a 4-week history of painful swelling and ulcer o…
Putu Indira Paramitha Maharani, Baiq Auliya Cahya Putri, Siti Annisa Rahmasita
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the most common cause of death from infectious disease world-wide. In the UK, the incidence of TB has risen by 25% over the last 10 years; and almost one third of all case of tuberculosis are found in South East Asia. Extrapulmonary diagnosis remains cha…
Ashima Jamwal, Anjali Swami, Ankita Mohanty, Sujata Baveja
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB), a known threat to mankind for ages, causes a significant burden on healthcare worldwide. The alarming rise of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) has led healthcare professionals to opt for molecular diagnostics. Despite the availability of rapid d…
Sayat Quayum, Md Titu Miah, Tanzila Ferdous, Suriya Shahaly, Sayeda Moni Chowdhury, et al.
…) is the most frequent one among the different forms of CNS tuberculosis. Early diagnosis, as well as treatment of tubercular meningitis (TBM), can give an excellent outcome with minimal residual morbidity. Clinical and diagnostic findings of patients without pulmonary signs and …
Víctor Manuel Vargas-Hernández
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global public health problem with the highest death rate from any infection causing 1.5 million deaths in 2018. Pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common presentation; extrapulmonary and genital tuberculosis are the second most common presentatio…
Geng Ju Tuang, Athierah Muhammad, Farah Dayana Zahedi
The articles published in August 2020 entitled ‘tuberculosis (TB) or not TB?’ and ‘sarcoidosis with multiorgan involvement’ under the ‘image’ section have particularly caught our attention. The unfortunate occurrence of misdiagnosis of patients with TB infection, which has transp…
Muhammad Musharaf, Umer Usman
Background: Tuberculosis is one of most ancient documented disease and yet with so much progress in medicine, it still in top ten deadly diseases. HIV has changed the scenario when it combines with TB. TB which was initially thought to be disease of developing countries is now a …
В. И. Сергевнин, V. S. Podyukov, O. V. Tukacheva, O. S. Zhuravlev
Objective. To study the incidence of postmortem tuberculosis in the recent years.
 Materials and methods. According to the data of the Federal Forms of Statistical Reports for 2013–2022, the tuberculosis incidence and mortality, frequency of postmortem diagnoses of tuberculo…
Mujammel Haque, Mohammad Asif Ali, Taslima Ferdosh, Manik Kumar Talukder
Background: Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity, contributing to a considerable TB burden in developing countries like Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical profile and diagnostic procedures in childhood TB cases …
Boudriiya Tamer, El Mamoune Mostaine, Mejdoub Sara, Souly Karim, Mimoun Zouhdi
Background: Tuberculosis remains a significant global health concern, with increasing incidence of drug-resistant strains posing challenges to effective treatment. We present a case of rifampicin-resistant tuberculous meningitis in an immunocompetent child, highlighting the sever…
Rupali Rupali, Karan Sharma, N. C. Kajal
…lass="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Tuberculosis (TB) is primarily a disease of lungs but can affect any part of the body. Among extrapulmonary TB, tuberculosis of otorhinolaryngeal region is uncommon but not rare. Despite the best efforts of the RNTCP, tu…
Karthik Sundar, Nayyar Iqbal, Sudhagar Mookkappan, Sheela Devi, Aneesh Basheer
…ROUND \nOne of the most common forms of central nervous tuberculosis is tubercular \nmeningitis and has high morbidity and mortality. The natural course of TBM is subacute in nature; hence, the symptoms may persist for weeks before diagnosis. The \ndiagnosis of tuberc…
Lucy Jefferson, Harry Petrushkin, Garth Dixon, Seilesh Kadambari
The management of pediatric eye infections can be highly challenging due to a range of clinical (often acute and rapidly deteriorating vision), diagnostic (inability to take appropriate samples from the infected eye) and treatment (limited data to support efficacy and potential t…
Emily MacLean, H. Manisha Yapa
Tuberculosis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV.1WHOGlobal tuberculosis report 2023.https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240083851Date: 2023Date accessed: February 12, 2024Google Scholar Diagnosing tuberculosis in people living with …
Nupoor Vaghasia, Bharatsing Rathod, Vidya Nagar
…erculous meningitis (TBM) is one of the most fatal forms of tuberculosis, early diagnosis and treatment of which can reduce morbidity and mortality. This study was undertaken to achieve data regarding clinical prole and outcome of patients from western India as epidemiological d…
Jingjing Dong, Xiaoyin Peng
…erculous meningitis (TBM) is a severe form of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, while its diagnosis is still a challenge in children. Here, six children with atypical TBM were retrospectively reviewed and the main findings were displayed as follows. The enrolled cases exhibit…
Megrelishvili Tamar, Ratiani Levan, Gaprindashvili Tinatin, Saralidze Nana, Nemsadze Grigol, et al.
…lous meningitis is a severe manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, often associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. This case report discusses a unique presentation of tuberculous meningitis in a 39-year-old male who was concurrently positive for COVID-19. The pa…
Marius Costin Chitu, Paula-Roxana Raducanu, Vlad Dima, Bianca-Margareta Mihai, Teodor Salmen, et al.
… elements, but the PCR of CSF is positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the diagnosis is of severe tuberculous meningoencephalitis. Under tuberculostatic treatment (isoniazid 5 mg/kg/day, rifampicin 10 mg/kg/day, ethambutol 20 mg/kg/day, pyrazinamide 30 mg/kg/day) associated…
Amartya Chakraborti, SushilKumar Munjal, Vijender Mudavath, Puneet Arora, Manpreet Bhall
Background: Routine screening of presumptive tuberculosis (TB) patients for HIV was advised by the Treatment and Operational Guidelines of TB in India in 2016. This was in contrast to the earlier policy in which only diagnosed TB cases underwent HIV screening. Keeping this in min…
Md. Jahedul Islam, Saika Farook, Md. Enamul Karim, Dilruba Yeasmin, Md. Monirul Islam, et al.
…cal variant of TB infection known as localized disseminated tuberculosis exclusively manifests as hepatic injury-related signs and symptoms with little to no extrahepatic involvement. It typically manifests as a generalized syndrome with systemic symptoms, which can occasionally …