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HIV and tuberculosis trends and survival of coinfection in a referral center in Tehran: A 12-year study
(2016-12-01)
© 2016 Objective/background The risk of mortality and morbidity among tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfected patients is significantly higher than that of patients infected with TB alone. The ...
Yield of mycobacteriological study in diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis among Human immune deficiency virus-infected patients
(2016-12-01)
© 2016 Background Pleural tuberculosis (TB) is common among HIV-infected patients. In the absence of HIV infection, the yield of mycobacteriological study is low and usually invasive procedures, including pleural fluid ...
Molecular drug susceptibility testing against the first-line (rifampin and isoniazid) and second-line (ciprofloxacin–amikacin and kanamycin) treatment in different subtypes of Mycobacterium simiae
(2016-12-01)
© 2016 Objective background Mycobacterium simiae has been identified as the most prevalent slow growing mycobacteria that has been isolated among Iranian patients. Due to an importance of molecular approaches in the treatment ...
Radiographic manifestations of Tuberculosis in HIV positive patients: Correlation with CD4+ T-cell count
(2016-12-01)
© 2016 Background Observations on Tuberculosis/HIV co-infection in addition to epidemiologic molecular studies have recently provided strong evidence for the state of immune system as the major determinant of the TB imaging ...
H1N1 influenza patient saved by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: First report from Iran
(2016-10-15)
© 2016, Tehran Heart Center. All rights reserved. Respiratory failure is a serious complication of H1N1 influenza that, if not properly managed, can cause death. When mechanical ventilation is not effective, the only way ...
Evaluation of hepatoprotective effect of silymarin among under treatment tuberculosis patients: A randomized clinical trial
(2016-02-01)
© 2016 by School of Pharmacy Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services. Hepatic toxicity is the most serious adverse effect of anti tuberculosis drugs. This study was performed to evaluate the ...
Impact of diabetes mellitus on tuberculosis drug resistance in new cases of tuberculosis
(2016-03-01)
© 2015 International Society for Chemotherapy of Infection and Cancer. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The objectives of this study were to determine the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) on antituberculosis ...
Differences in characteristics between Afghani and Iranian patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
(2007-03-01)
The significant differences between Iranian and Afghani Tuberculosis (TB) patients in terms of patient age, income, time were studied. The study was conducted in a tertiary TB center in Iran on all Iranian and Afghani ...
Comparison of Nramp1 gene polymorphism among TB health care workers and recently infected cases; assessment of host susceptibility
(2008-10-24)
Background: A link between polymorphisms in the natural resistance - associated macrophage protein gene 1 (Nramp) and susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) has been demonstrated worldwide. This study aimed to investigat e ...
Treatment of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Iran
(2005-11-01)
Setting: Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Tehran, Iran, 2000-2002. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment for the first time in Iran. Design: All cases of MDR-TB with ...