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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 ...
Investigation of urine lipoarabinomannan in human immunodeficiency virus patients with or without coinfection with Tuberculosis in Iran
(2016-12-01)
© 2016 Objective/background Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of AIDS-related deaths among adults in countries with resource limitations. The emergence of the Xpert MTB/RIF rapid molecular assay and its subsequent ...
Intention to quit smoking and associated factors in smokers newly diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis
(2016-01-01)
© 2016 NRITLD, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Iran. Background: Several studies have shown that smoking, as a modifiable risk factor, can affect tuberculosis (TB) in different aspects such ...
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 ...
Reduced phagocytic capacity of blood monocyte/macrophages in tuberculosis patients is further reduced by smoking
(2016-06-01)
Copyright © Summer 2016, Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol. All rights reserved. Tuberculosis (TB) and tobacco use are two major alarming global health issues posing immense threats to human populations. Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...
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 ...
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 ...
Comparison of pulmonary TB patients with and without diabetes mellitus type II
(2010-08-09)
Background: There are several studies on the effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) on clinical symptoms and radiological findings of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and bacteriological findings in pulmonary tuberculosis ...
A long delay from the first symptom to definite diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
(2007-04-01)
Background: Despite the recent advances in medicine, still many people suffer from long-standing tuberculosis. Delay in the diagnosis may result in further mortality and morbidity. Because of the importance of delay in the ...
Risk factors associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
(2009-12-01)
Background: Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), a form of TB resistant to isoniazid and rifampin, is considered as a major threat to TB control woridwide. Moreover, the infectivity of MDR-TB is similar to that of ...