Objectives To evaluate the applicability and accuracy of the urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM)
test in tuberculosis (TB)/HIV co-infected patients and HIV-negative patients with …

Background Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) remains challenging. We sought
to determine the prevalence of disseminated TB by testing urine with TB-lipoarabinomannan …

Objectives: To describe the demographic, clinical features, diagnostic and procedure results,
organ involvement and outcomes in patients with disseminated tuberculosis (TB). Patients …

Aim: Many case–control studies have been performed in the past to elucidate the
association between the P2X7 receptor 1513 A> C (rs3751143) polymorphism and …

Paradoxical reactions (PRs) are poorly studied complex immunological phenomena, among
patients with tuberculosis (TB). When PRs involves critical structures like the central nervous …

Tuberculosis, a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, may
invade all organs but mainly affect the lungs. We report a case of disseminated tuberculosis …

Disseminated tuberculosis is characterised by concurrent tubercular involvement of two or
more non-contiguous organs. It is an unusual presentation of tuberculosis, especially in the …

BACKGROUND: CD14 is expressed principally by cells of monocyte/macrophage lineage
and plays a pivotal role in the innate immunity to intracellular infections. Recent research …

Lymphoma and tuberculosis (TB) share common features, thus misdiagnoses are commonly
encountered. The Philippines is ninth out of the 22 countries in the world with the highest TB …

Introduction and importance: An uncommon clinical variant of TB infection known as
localized disseminated tuberculosis exclusively manifests as hepatic injury-related signs …