Mumbai: Three children aged 12 to 16 died of disseminated tuberculosis (TB) at one of the major public hospitals in the city ...

Severe malaise, dyspnea, fever, night sweats, dry cough, and extensive right-sided pleural effusion are presented in a 63-year-old woman. What's the diagnosis and management of this patient?

Tuberculosis was confirmed in these patients via pathogen-positive samples or a clinical diagnosis, and infection sites included meningitis, pericarditis, pleural tuberculosis, and unspecified ...

People can also have chronic pleurisy, which lasts for days to weeks. This might result from an infection, such as tuberculosis (TB), or another health issue, such as rheumatoid arthritis or cancer.

This type of tuberculosis is more common in underdeveloped countries. It accounts for 2.2% to 4.7% of the total tuberculosis cases in Europe and the U.S. Causes of Bone Tuberculosis ‌Skeletal ...

The following is a summary of “CT Scan Differences of Pulmonary TB According to Presence of Pleural Effusion,” published in the December 2023 issue of Pulmonology by Jung, et al. CT scans often show ...

We retrospectively collected data from 174 patients with tuberculous pleurisy, 215 patients with pleural infection other than tuberculous pleurisy, 360 patients with malignant pleural effusion, and ...

Chest X-rays are essential to the initial assessment and management of TB. They typically show characteristic features such as infiltrates, cavitation, pleural effusion, lymphadenopathy, and a ...

A chest X-ray can usually detect active tuberculosis (TB) but not latent TB. In either case, you’ll need a sputum test to confirm a diagnosis. Doctors often use chest X-rays to help diagnose ...

Tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE) display similar cytological and biochemical pictures, including adenosine deaminase (ADA). One of the novel and cost-effective ...

Pleurisy, pleural effusion, and pneumothorax are the three primary pleural diseases. Common symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, and coughing.