The most common sites of extrathoracic TB were peripheral lymphadenopathy (10) and meningitis (6). The most common radiographic findings were infiltrates (34%), lymphadenopathy (27%), cavitary ...

In 1819, a French physician, Theophile Laennec, identified the pathological signs of tuberculosis, including consolidation, pleurisy, and pulmonary cavitation. He also identified that M.

India: A recent study conducted in a high-endemic region highlights the role of chest X-rays (CXR) in identifying ...

They were significantly more likely to have upper-zone involvement, cavitation, positive bacilloscopy and sputum culture, and pulmonary TB than never-smoking TB cases. We also found that the ...