BACKGROUND Tuberculosis(TB)remains a global health concern despite decreasing incidence.Delayed TB diagnosis can exacerbate patient outcomes and lead to broader public health issues such as mass infections.Differentia...
We read with interest the case series by Luo et al.,which documented cases of tuberculous arthritis involv-ing the hip and knee[1].Notably,two of the patients in this series lacked overt risk factors typically associ-...
BACKGROUND Orificial tuberculosis is a rare type of tuberculosis,which is easy to be misdiagnosed,and can cause great damage to the perianal skin and mucosa.Early diagnosis can avoid further erosion of the perianal mu...
Tuberculosis has become a major public health and social problem threatening human health, and a large proportion of pulmonary tuberculosis patients are associated with tuberculous pleurisy (TP). Therefore, it is of g...
Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease,caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis,that seriously endangers human health.Skeletal tuberculosis is the most common type of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous arth...
Tuberculous otitis media(TOM) is a rare manifestation caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with low incidence rates among extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases. Diagnosis is often delayed because of the presence of severa...
Although tuberculosis has become more common in recent years, it still accounts for just a small percentage of cases of chronic otitis media. Common symptoms of tuberculous otitis media(TOM) include otorrhoea, hearing...
Introduction: In Côte d’Ivoire, there is a scarcity of data on children’s purulent pleurisies. Objective: This study aims to elucidate the epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and evolutionary facets of non-tub...
Background: Tuberculous endocarditis is a rare but serious complication of heart valve replacement surgery. We report the case of a 24-year-old patient, who presented with tuberculous endocarditis after mechanical mit...
A 68-year-old-gentleman presented with left hip pain,night sweats,fatigue,and weight loss.He had previously experienced pain with white discharge until he underwent an arthroscopic washout and reduction.The left lower...