The most common EPTB types are tuberculous lymphadenitis (lymph node TB), skeletal TB (bone and joint TB), and genitourinary TB, which impacts the urinary tract or the genital organs. Diagnosing EPTB ...

A case study illustrates a patient originally diagnosed with TB lymphadenitis with standard tests did not respond to first-line treatment. GeneXpert and smear microscopy were negative for TB, but the ...

Thorough surgical debridement, as seen in Figures 5 to 8, it should be curable. Tuberculous adenitis should be treated with prolonged multidrug therapy (three to four drugs) depending on ...

Chagasic encephalitis. Chagasic lymphadenitis of the right posterior auricular node. Tuberculosis of the bronchial and pulmonary nodes. Chronic passive hyperemia and atelectasia of the lungs. Chronic ...

TB infection was the most common among them ... Among miscellaneous diseases, histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis (HNL) was the most common, with a total of 217 cases (63.30%), followed by 55 cases ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infectious disease that spreads through the air and affects millions worldwide but the good news is that TB is preventable with the right precautions. Understand how ...

March 24, 2025, was set aside by the World Health Organisation as World Tuberculosis Day to commemorate the day in 1882 when one of the true giants of early medicine, Dr Robert Koch, announced his ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say a rise in TB cases in Europe could mean a future surge in cases in the United States. AscentXmedia/Getty Images The WHO reports that the number of tuberculosis cases ...

Government health officials detected as many as 719,000 new TB cases during a short, 100-day TB camp held last year, in addition to 2.6 million cases notified over the year. (AFP) New Delhi ...

Apr. 9, 2025 — This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients ...

The life expectancy of patients diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) was found to be reduced compared with that of individuals without TB. Post-TB sequelae also reduced life expectancy and quality ...

Using a swab to test for a disease should be fresh in the memory of anyone who had a Covid-19 test. A test for TB that relies on a simple tongue swab instead of a person having to cough up sputum is ...