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Jain S, Bajgai P, Kaur S, Dogra M, Sharma A, et al.
… To describe the prevalence and clinical findings of ocular tuberculosis (TB) in Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and systemic TB co-infected patients. Methods : In this prospective, observational, non-comparative case series, we included HIV and systemic TB co-infected patient…
Ozbakir H, Guner Ozenen G, Ergun D, Kacar P, Gulderen M, et al.
Background Tuberculosis (TB) infection is transmitted by sharing the same airway with people with active TB. Children are often not considered the source of TB bacilli, and index case investigation is carried out after diagnosis. Here, we describe the impact of the presence of a …
Uddin MKM, Ather MF, Rahman A, Nasrin R, Rahman SMM, et al.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of death and Bangladesh ranks 7th among the highest TB burden countries. Though molecular epidemiological data for pulmonary TB (PTB) have previously been described in Bangladesh, data on the molecular characterization and clini…
Shoaib Hassan, Tehmina Mustafa, Bjarne Robberstad, Ole Frithjof Norheim
<h3>Background</h3> Tuberculosis (TB), annual disease-burden >10.0 million is associated with socioeconomic disparities. Moreover, extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), despite its high disease-burden, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) implementation remains growing a public healt…
Weber SF, Saravu K, Heller T, Kadavigere R, Vishwanath S, et al.
Diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is challenging. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated EPTB is applied in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed at evaluating the applicability of POCUS for diagnosing EPTB in HIV-positive an…
Vanita Jamba -, Tanya Gupta
Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), is a communicable disease and a leading cause of death globally, especially in developing countries. It exists in active and latent forms, affecting both pulmonary and extrapulmonary sites. The pathophysiology of TB invo…
Tresia Fransiska Ulianna Tambunan, Astrid Meilinda, Nasya Marisyka Putri, Carissa Putri Crisdayani, Adinda Aotearoa Afta
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a lung disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), known for its high morbidity and mortality rate. When it infects organs outside the lungs, the condition is called extrapulmonary TB.
 Case report: A 52-year-old man who came to dr.…
Maitre T, Bonnet M, Calmy A, Raberahona M, Rakotoarivelo RA, et al.
…s meningitis (TBM) is the most lethal and disabling form of tuberculosis (TB), particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Current anti-TB treatment is poorly effective since TBM mortality reaches 40% in HIV-negative patients and up to 70% in HIV-co-infected patients. To reduce TBM-induc…
Qian X, Nguyen DT, Lyu J, Albers AE, Bi X, et al.
…ognized as risk factors for dissemination of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). However, there are few population-based studies investigating the association between the primary sites of tuberculosis (TB) infection and mortality during TB treatment. De-identified population-base…
Andriani Sheila Anastasia, I Ketut Agus Somia, Ni Luh Putu Eka Arisanti, Ni Wayan Candrawati, Ida Ayu Jasminarti Dwi Kusumawardani, et al.
…duced hepatitis (DIH) is a side effect of the usage of anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs, which can cause alteration in treatment regiments and prolonged treatment. This study aim is to identify the risk factors that can be used to predict the occurrence of DIH on tuberculosis (TB) pa…
Dahiya B, Khan A, Khan A, Mor P, Kamra E, et al.
…e small circulating vesicles released from urine samples of tuberculosis (TB) patients, contain a pool of biomarkers. We recently detected Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan (LAM) and CFP-10 (Rv3874) biomarkers from the urinary EVs of pulmonary TB (PTB) and extrapulmona…
Vielgut I, Putzl L, Thomüller I, Igrec J, Brcic I, et al.
…ead of the disease and secondary deformity, musculoskeletal tuberculosis (TB) remains a challenge in terms of early diagnosis and treatment. This study gives an overview on TB trends in Austria (pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB) (A) and analyses a retrospective series of musculosk…
Yuliza Yuliza, Alfian Nur Rosyid, Wiwin Is Effendi, Prastuti Asta Wulaningrum, Herley Windo Setiawan
Introduction: Gastrointestinal tuberculosis (GI TB) is quite rare with 3% incidence of all extrapulmonary involvement. Appendicular TB may occur in 0.1 - 3% of cases. Diagnosis is often difficult because the patient usually complains about chronic abdominal pain and fever. A defi…
Esra Gürbüz, Saim Türkoğlu, Hakan Çilka, Mehmet Ali Çelik
…odalities 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. Demographic character…
Abstract Background Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is quite prevalent in India, ranging from 8.3% and 13.1%. Diagnosis of EPTB is often challenging as it resembles other granulomatous conditions pathologically. TB culture remains the gold standard for definitive diagnosis, bu…
S A Susilo, A B Harsono, G N A Winarno, S Salima, K I Mantilidewi
An uncommon form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is abdominal tuberculosis (TB). Due to its vague symptoms, abdominal TB remains difficult to diagnose. We report three cases of peritoneal TB with abdominal enlargement in Bandung, Indonesia, which were initially misdiagnosed as ova…
Mohd Redhuan AM, Abu Bakar MY, Mohd Shahriman AF, Nur Syafiqa A, Noor Faizah A, et al.
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) remains a highly prevalent disease in Malaysia. Early identification using cost-effective methods such as chest radiography can reduce the health burden of a TB epidemic. However, normal chest radiographic findings are common. This study aimed to ev…
Ishan Shevate, Sarthak Walia, Kishankumar Mahida, Rahul Salunkhe, Rishabh Aggarwal
**INTRODUCTION:** Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant health issue in India, with approximately 30-40% incidence. While only 18% of TB cases are extrapulmonary, shoulder TB, particularly Caries sicca, is extremely rare. Caries sicca is characterized by severe pain, restricted…
Sharma JB, Dharmendra S, Rapaka G, Singh UB, Kriplani A, et al.
Background and objective Female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) is an important type of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) associated with morbidity especially infertility in developing countries. Laparoscopy may be difficult and hazardous in FGTB. The aim of the study was to observe t…
Nagar M, Joshi A, Sahu S, Nagar V, Mitra A
Background Musculoskeletal tuberculosis (TB) continues to share the major burden of extrapulmonary TB. This burden up to some extent may be attributed to the implementation gap which is reasonably broadest at the level of the immediate point of care. As an orthopedic physician is…
Selmane S, L'Hadj M
…d at highlighting some demographic and clinical features of tuberculosis (TB) at Leon Bernard TB unit, Algeria. Methods This was a retrospective and descriptive study based on TB data extracted from TB patient records during 2009-2019 at Leon Bernard TB unit. Results Of the total…
Rahana Pervin, M Atiqul Haque, Tanjela Bushra, Syeda Afroz, Sudipta Das, et al.
Abstract Introduction: Childhood tuberculosis (TB) is one of the common causes of child mortality and morbidity in Bangladesh. The study aimed to assess the risk factors of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) and pulmonary TB (PTB) in children and compare those with PTB amongst children. Ma…
Wang MS, Wang JL, Liu XJ
Background In China, the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) diseases and epidemiological trends in the TB forms among children are still unclear; a retrospective study was conducted aiming to assess it. Methods Between January 2007 and September 2020, 1577 consecutive childhood TB p…
Sun W, Lu Z, Yan L
…s Specimens were tested by mNGS and other routine tests for tuberculosis (TB). The diagnostic accuracy of mNGS was calculated and compared with the final clinical diagnosis. Results The sensitivity of mNGS was found to be significantly higher than the sensitivities of the other r…
Lesitha Sivaraman, Aiswarya Mukundan, Anitha Thattamparambil Ravindranathan, M. Vijayan, Vishnu Kuruveettil, et al.
A BSTRACT Context: Current National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) guidelines recommends culture/CBNAAT/molecular test/histopathology examination and drug sensitivity testing for all patients with presumptive Extrapulmonary TB (EPTB). Studies on correlation of CBNAAT wit…