Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The most common site of extrapulmonary TB infection was the pleural cavity. Comorbidities associated with ...

In one-fifth of people with active tuberculosis (TB), the site of disease is outside the lungs (extrapulmonary TB). Some forms of extrapulmonary TB, such as TB meningitis, are extremely dangerous, ...

Evaluation of: Tortoli E, Russo C, Piersimoni C et al. Clinical validation of Xpert MTB/RIF for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Eur. Respir. J. doi:10. ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The proportion of tuberculosis cases that are extrapulmonary may have increased by approximately 5% over a ...

This is an adverse form of the disease which is prevalent especially in our immunocompromised patients from various causes. As the world marks tuberculosis (TB) day with the theme ‘Wanted: Leaders for ...

Tuberculosis is no longer just a disease of the lungs. Doctors are raising alarm over a growing number of patients being diagnosed with non-respiratory or extrapulmonary TB, which often mimics other ...

The patient, a 42-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus treated with mycophenolate mofetil and prednisone, reported swelling and pain in the fifth finger of her left hand for about 1-week.

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. This is an adverse form of the disease which is prevalent especially in our immunocompromised patients from various ...

Tuberculosis is one of the world's leading infectious diseases. Infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis primarily affects the lungs, but in up to 25 percent of all infected individuals ...

This was a primarily laboratory-based study, with data provided by eight nationally accredited laboratories in Italy. A total of 1493 consecutive extrapulmonary clinical samples undergoing ...