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Current clinical practice guidelines recommend dosing anti-tuberculosis drugs according to ideal body weight and provide dosing caps for most first-line agents. However, this recommendation may be placing corpulent patients with tuberculosis at risk as increased total body weight is associated with
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of an overweight man with lymph node tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis, a part of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, treated with fixed-dose combination (FDC) chemotherapy.
METHODS
Following guidelines, according to the patient's weight (92 kg), we prescribed
BACKGROUND
Long-term exposure to anti-tuberculosis medication increases risk of adverse drug reactions and toxicity. The objective of this investigation was to determine factors associated with anti-tuberculosis adverse drug reactions in Lima, Peru, with special emphasis on MDR-TB medication, HIV
Disseminated tuberculosis first presenting as cutaneous lesion is uncommon and difficult to diagnose on account of its divers clinical forms. We present a 34-year-old obese woman with rash, finger swelling and fever. The patient was firstly manifested by fever and mass in palm and finger, gradually
The association of tuberculosis after gastrectomy is well documented. Two case reports of tuberculosis developing after jejunoileal bypass for massive obesity are presented, with a review of five previously reported cases. Four of the seven reported patients had tuberculosis infection at
OBJECTIVE
Analyze the nutritional changes among current and old beneficiaries of the Food and Nutrition Program for Outpatients with Tuberculosis and their Family (PANTBC, Spanish acronym).
METHODS
A secondary analysis was conducted based on the anthropometric measurements with the body mass index
BACKGROUND
Several natural products containing benzosuberone moiety are clinically reported as anti-tumor agents. Furthermore, several synthetic benzosuberones cited in this review exhibited wide range of theraputic activities such as bacteriostatic, anti-inflammatory, antidepressants and anti-tumor
BACKGROUND
Cutaneous tuberculosis as a result of a needle injection is a rare event; it generally occurs among medical and laboratory personnel and among patients receiving percutaneous treatment.
OBJECTIVE
Six patients are presented who developed cutaneous tuberculosis after mesotherapy cosmetic
METHODS
Anti-tuberculosis centres in Conakry.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in patients with tuberculosis (TB), identify the associated risk factors and describe the clinical signs of the association of TB and diabetes.
METHODS
A total of 388 patients with TB selected by
Breast tuberculosis is an uncommon presentation of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. A 40-year-old obese woman presented with a right breast abscess which had failed to heal after surgical drainage. There was no family history of breast disease. Biopsy and histology of the lesion showed chronic
The development of health care of children in the Kabardino-Balkaria in XX century at all its stages is associated with the development of system of protection children health in Russia. To combat children mortality and to protect children health, preventive and social hygienic direction was
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Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory and neurodegenerative demyelinating disease. Current treatment of multiple sclerosis focuses on the use of immunomodulatory, immunosuppressant, and selective immunosuppressant agents. Some of these medications may result in high risk of opportunistic
According to the experimental and clinical investigations, innate and adaptive immune disorders play a significant role in T2-D subjects to become more susceptible to TB. It was shown that the functions of neutrophils, macrophages, NK cells and other components of innate immunity areis markedly
METHODS
Diabetes mellitus is a known risk factor for tuberculosis (TB), but no studies have been reported from South-East Asia, which has a high burden of TB and a rapidly growing prevalence of diabetes.
OBJECTIVE
To examine if and to what extent diabetes is associated with an increased risk of TB
Setting: The tuberculosis (TB) clinics of five health facilities in western Kenya. Objective: To assess the prevalence and associated determinants of diabetes mellitus (DM) and pre-diabetes hyperglycaemia among adult TB patients using point-of-care DCA Vantage glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) devices.