A presentation of a case of tuberculous dacryoadenitis revealed by fistulisation of a cold abscess and accompanied by radiological lesions occuring unusually in the vault of the skull. The radiological appearance is discussed together with the eventual evolution and the treatment that could have been offered.
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Acta Neurol Belg
January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, Neurology Team, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, 3010, Moshi, Tanzania.
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can present with a large variety of mimics of other, treatable, disorders. We present a young man with advanced cranial disease responding to tuberculostatic treatment but posing significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
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December 2024
Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
Bartter syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that often presents in the early phase of life and is caused by mutations in multiple genes encoding the transporters and channels, which are responsible for the reabsorption of various ions in the nephrons. Clinically, it presents with vomiting, failure to thrive, and dehydration. Rare instances of acquired Bartter syndrome have been linked to sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, and autoimmune diseases.
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November 2024
Programa Pós-graduação de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global challenge and disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations. This study analyses the economic burden of pulmonary TB in Brazil, focusing on direct healthcare costs. It also evaluates the cost-effectiveness of the Directly Observed Treatment (DOT) strategy and the economic effort required to achieve a 90% probability of cure.
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October 2024
Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380016, India.
Background: Earlier studies conducted by Indian researchers have demonstrated that the elimination of tuberculosis (TB) requires proactive control of silicosis, given India's significant burden of silicosis and its common comorbidity, pulmonary TB, also known as silicotuberculosis. The TB Control Indian Health Authority saw human immunodeficiency virus infection, diabetes, and malnutrition, among others, as important risk factors for case findings, but overlooked the significance of silicosis. Silicotuberculosis control is often confronted with challenges of detecting microorganisms, uncertain treatment outcomes, a higher likelihood of mono-drug and multi-drug resistance, and increased mortality due to treatment failure.
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January 2025
Service de pneumologie, CHU Yalgado Ouédraogo, 01 BP 730, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Introduction: The mortality caused by tuberculosis is partially explained by co-morbidities such as venous thromboembolic disease. Our study was aimed at identifying the factors associated with venous thromboembolism in tuberculosis patients.
Methods: This was a case-control study of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis with or without venous thromboembolic disease.
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