The only study providing prevalence data for all forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis reported a prevalence of 43.5% among tuberculosis cases in Larach Province. Treatment success rates ranged from 64 ...

Objectives: Infections with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in children usually affect the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue. Although the infection is typically self-limiting, it carries a ...

The package of interventions consisting of pre-test and post-test tuberculosis counselling with conditional cash transfers significantly reduced the risk of unsuccessful tuberculosis patient outcomes, ...

Background Accurate differentiating diagnosis is essential for choosing treatment for exudative pleural effusions. Objective To establish the diagnostic accuracy of interleukin 27 for tuberculous ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is uniquely characterized by obligate airborne transmission (1) with each new infection initiated following deposition of small diameter (<5 μm) Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...