Introduction: In Tunisia, almost 77% of clinically and bacteriologically diagnosed cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) are zoonotic TB, caused by M. bovis. Although several studies have analyzed bovine TB in cattle in Tunisia, no study has evaluated the risk of transmission to humans in such an endemic country.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStreptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). There are no available data about this disease in Tunisian intensive care patients. The objective of this study is to describe the clinical and microbiological features of pneumococcal CAP and determine the prognostic factors.
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