Paraplegia is not a diagnosis: Spinal tuberculosis deserves a place on the clinical radar screen: Awakening call to clinicians.

Disseminated Tuberculosis(TB) occurs through lymphohaematogenous dissemination of M. tuberculosis. Although it is more common in young children and those who are having risk factors like having acquired or innate immunodeficiency, weak immune system being on immunosuppressive treatments; it can also occur in immunocompetent indviduals with heavy load of infection.

Clinical consequences of non-compliance with directly observed therapy short course (DOTS): Story of a recurrent defaulter.

In 1993, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared tuberculosis (TB) a global emergency, and subsequently introduced the directly observed therapy short course (DOTS) strategy, a technical and management package, based on the earlier work of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) and international experience with DOTS, which strategy beyond a doubt has played a great role in the initial success of this program, especially in hospitalized patients under the initial intensive phase of 4-drug, anti-TB treatment with Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Pyrazinamide and Ethambutol. This results in rapid clinical well-being and early sputum conversion. This is indeed epidemiologically very important to break the chain of infection.