Clinical manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis pot

... cases of cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis. Ann Med Intern Fenn 1957; 46:113. 12. Farman, DP, Speir, WA Jr. Initial roentgenographic manifestations of bacteriologically proven Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... Bronchiectasis in primary tuberculosis. Lancet 1950; 1:386. 59. Rosenzweig, DY, Stead, WW. The role of tuberculosis and other forms of bronchopulmonary necrosis in the pathogenesis of bronchiectasis. ... prevalence of TB in the United States. Nevertheless, certain segments of the population remain at increased risk of TB, by virtue of having a higher prevalence of infection, a higher risk of progression...

Tài liệu Manifestations of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Elderly: A Prospective Observational Study from North India pptx

... literature on manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among elderlypatients in India. The aim of the present study was to compare the clinical, radiological and laboratory manifestations of PTB ... treatment, which often results in asignificant proportion of cases being discovered atautopsy only.1 There is scarcity of published literatureon manifestations of TB especially pulmonary tuberculosis ... the possibility of endogenous reactivation of infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli and thedevelopment of active TB.5 Pulmonary tuberculosis isthe most common form of TB even in the...

Update: The Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Tuberculosis pot

... suspicion of pulmonary tuberculosis. The pathogen-esis of pulmonary tuberculosis is also discussed.Materials and MethodsThe chest radiographs and medical records of patients diagnosedas having clinically ... bacteriologic confirmation of current disease or bothTABLE 1: Location of Pulmonary Consolidation in 73 Patientswith Pulmonary Tuberculosis Site of consoldabonType of Pul monary Tuberculosis Primary(n=17)Postpnmary(n=56)Right ... the status of the PPD skin test or a high degree of clinical suspicion of active tuberculosis was provided to the initial interpretersin less than one-half of cases. Potential causes of a nondiagnosis...

PROBLEMS IN ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN INDIA: A REVIEW pot

... Journal of Tuberculosis ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN INDIA 195 Table 1 : Prevalence of tuberculosis in India according to screening tools used10 Survey Period of ... Jouinal of Tuheiculosis ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN INDIA 197 Based on the above exercise, one has now access to a fresh set of estimates of the burden of tuberculosis ... of the findings of its own studies in respect of additional yield of 37% of the culture positive cases by multiple sputum examination, and the likely fact of a confirmation of only 22% of...

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS USING CONVENTIONAL TOOLS AND POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION* pot

... diagnosis of tuberculosis in a few hours with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity4. The potential of PCR asa diagnostic test for tuberculosis has beeninvestigated in a large number of ... individual with recent history of extra -pulmonary tuberculosis was dead. Threeindividuals were immediate family contacts of tuberculosis cases, two of whom were on anti- tuberculosis treatment (Table ... available forcomparison of the performance of the individualtests, an analysis of results was done using a variety of standards. Efficiency of microscopy, culture andPCR in terms of sensitivity, specificity,...

The Classification of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and An Outline of Standardised Principles of Management pot

... Ind. J. Tub., Vol. IV, No. 4. 168 THE CLASSIFICATION OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS BROWN, L. (1941). The Story of Clinical Pulmonary Tuberculosis. The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, ... respective localisations of the first lesion of primary and that of secondary disease. In explanation of the localisation of the first lesion of primary disease in the absence of acquired resistance ... classification of Bard and Ranke. He believes that the ‘cycle of the infection’ can Ind. J. Tub., Vol. IV, No. 4. 156 THE CLASSIFICATION OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS thus be expressed, but the fallacies of...

FREQUENCY OF SPUTUM POSITIVE AFB CASES AMONG PATIENTS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS OF NORTHERN PAKISTAN pot

... can affect any organ of the body but in two third of the cases it involves the lung parenchyma.2,3 This form of tuberculosis is called pulmonary tuberculosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis may be ... diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. 7 Early detection and effective treatment of smear positive tuberculosis patients has been found to be the most cost effective strategy for the control of the ... suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis like abnormal shadows, cavitation, and/or abnormality in the lymph nodes were included. Patients having tuberculosis other than pulmonary, diagnosed case of malignancy...

Pulmonary Manifestations of Rheumatic Disease pot

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Accuracy of Clinical Signs in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Comparison of Three Reference Standards Using Data from a Tertiary Care Centre in Rwanda doc

... 1874-3153/08 2008 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. Accuracy of Clinical Signs in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Comparison of Three Reference Standards Using Data from a Tertiary Care ... signs of pulmonary TB; only LCA allowed estimating the diagnostic characteristics of culture. Both LCA and CRS estimated the probability of disease higher than culture alone. Key Words: Tuberculosis, ... (WHO) declared tuberculosis a worldwide emergency [1, 2]. The diagnosis of TB remains an eternal problem. With the advent of the HIV pandemic clinical and radiological aspects of TB became...

High Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Persists a Decade after Immigration, the Netherlands potx

... obtained from theNetherlands Tuberculosis Register and included date of birth, date of arrival in the Netherlands, time of diagnosis,localization of tuberculosis, country of origin, and sex. Toaccount ... cohort analysis of alllegal immigrants notified as having pulmonary tuberculo-sis in the Netherlands between 1996 and 2000; pulmonary tuberculosis referred to any form of active tuberculosis thatinvolved ... policiesshould be determined on the basis of the as-yet unknownmain causes of the persistent high incidence. We describe patterns of incidence rates of pulmonary tuberculosis in immigrants in the...

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