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Tubercular brain abscess are uncommon and tubercular cerebellar abscess are rarely reported. Most of these cases occur in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of multiple cerebellar abscesses in a 55-year-old HIV seronegative non-diabetic female, who complained of headache, neck pain and unsteadiness of gait since two months. She had been on treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis, diagnosed earlier. Diagnosis was made by CT scan of brain and confirmed by bacteriological examination of drained pus obtained by suboccipital craniotomy. The patient showed signs of recovery.
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Tuberculosis of the appendicular skeleton is an uncommon infection by tubercle bacilli. Thirty percent of the skeletal tuberculosis involves joints, the knee being the third most common joint affected. We report a case of tubercular synovitis of the knee joint in a 30-year-old HIV seropositive male. The diagnosis was done by Ziehl-Neelsen stain and culture on Lowenstein Jensen medium, of the synovial fluid along with the X-ray findings of the knee joint. The X-ray of the chest showed findings suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis. The patient was responding well to the antitubercular treatment at the last follow up.
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Adult , Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , HIV Infections/complications , Humans , Knee Joint/pathology , Male , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification , Radiography, Thoracic , Synovial Fluid/microbiology , Synovitis/microbiology , Tuberculosis/complications , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosisABSTRACT
Tuberculosis accounts for up to 4% of acute pericarditis and 7% cases of cardiac tamponade. Prompt treatment can be life saving but requires accurate diagnosis. We report a case of 30-year-old male who presented with fever, chills, and dry nonproductive cough since one month. The case was diagnosed by radiological findings, which were suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis, followed by acid fast staining and culture of the aspirated pericardial fluid. The patient was responding to antitubercular treatment at the last follow up.
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Adult , Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Humans , Male , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification , Pericardial Effusion/microbiology , Radiography, Thoracic , Tuberculosis/complicationsSubject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Blood Transfusion/adverse effects , Child , Child, Preschool , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Female , HIV Antibodies/blood , HIV Infections/epidemiology , Hepatitis B/epidemiology , Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/blood , Hepatitis C/epidemiology , Hepatitis C Antibodies/blood , Humans , Infant , Male , Seroepidemiologic Studies , Thalassemia/complicationsABSTRACT
About 300 cases of congenital tuberculosis have been reported in the world literature, nevertheless rarely with nonspecific clinical manifestations. Here, we report the case of a premature infant with congenital tuberculosis and septicemia due to Candida krusei, who was treated successfully.