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Tanaffos (2010) 9(2), 21-25 ©2010 NRITLD, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Iran Bronchial Anthracosis and Pulmonary Tuberculosis Mitra Samareh Fekri 1, Mohammad Reza Lashkarizadeh 2, Amir Hossein Kardoost 1, Mostafa Shokoohi 3 1 Department of [r]

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normal chest radiographs and no history of tuberculosiswere regarded to have primary TB infection. Thus, weused a broad definition of primary TB infection (14).Finally, we did not evaluate the effect of BCG vaccinationon the host immune response and radiologic manifestationof TB infection. Our natio[r]

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nosed and started on treatment, they should avoid crowded places,ideally staying in their place of residence, until they become sputum smear negative. Although patients have a significant initialreduction in bacilli, 90% by 2 weeks, they may remain sputumFig. 29.8 Chest radiograph showing a fungus b[r]

ORIGINAL RESEARCH Open AccessPrevalence of presumed ocular tuberculosisamong pulmonary tuberculosis patients in atertiary hospital in the PhilippinesLeon Paolo R Lara*and Vicente Ocampo JrAbstractBackground: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of presumed ocular[r]

gratefully acknowledge the excellent technical as-sistance of Dr. Enrique Bravo, Dr. Carlos Porras, Dr. Julia Alvarez, Dr. Guadalupe Romero, Dr. Juana Trejo, Dr. Adriana Dominquez, Dr. Alberto Martinez, Febe Huitron, Genoveva Cordero, Marcela Gonzalez and Alma Lorena Rodriguez.References1. Karyadi E[r]

deficiencies for making the best use of the old technique of microscopy instead of criticizing the inherent deficiencies of this technique. If we can do so, this old but time tested technique can match the newer technologies as far as tuber- culosis control is concerned. The saying that OLD is GOLD[r]

aspirate or broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL). We excluded all patients who are known to have pulmonary tuberculosis before ICU admission or the cases, which diagnosed on the bases of clinical judgement only.Using our standard ICU database, microbiology laboratory records and other referen[r]

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committee and all patients provided written informedconsent.The 50 patients (17 women and 33 men, ranging from21-63 years o f age with a median age of 47) who metour study criteria were referred to undergo HRCT andMRI imaging. The entry criteria for patients were as fol-lows: (a) a chest X-ray with[r]

Indian J Med Res 133, March 2011, pp 312-315TB includes those patients who had failed previous TB treatment, relapsed after treatment, or defaulted during previous treatment6. Since such patients have already been exposed to anti-tuberculosis agents, they are at high risk for harbouring multi[r]

microbiology laboratory Izmir Chest Diseases andChest Surgery Training Hospital the sole tertiaryreferral hospital of the Izmir district and Westernregion of Turkey for tuberculosis and chest dis-eases. This hospital was notified 60% of all newTB cases between 1999 and 2003 in Izmir dis-trict[r]

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tuberculosis, as retroperitoneal adenopathies maycause inferior vena cava thrombosis in the absence ofany haemostatic abnormalities.The hypercoagulable state seen in tuberculosis hastherapeutic implications as well. In patients withtuberculosis there is a strong reason for prophylactic[r]

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important observation in view of the beneficial effect streptomycinhas on most cases of tuberculous bronchitis.Conversely, one may now consider those cases with normal bron-chograms to see what the bronchoscopic examination showed. Ofthe 12 normal bronchograms, one showed tuberculous bronchitissix m[r]

output. The already less distensible pulmonary vasculature cannot cope with the increased cardiac output, resulting in pulmonary hypertension. Infections increase the demand for oxygen and further impair the alveolar gas exchange by exudates and bronchiolar obstruction, so accentuating[r]

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