Spinal tuberculosis: a review

RK Garg, DS Somvanshi - The journal of spinal cord medicine, 2011‏ - Taylor & Francis
Spinal tuberculosis is a destructive form of tuberculosis. It accounts for approximately half of
all cases of musculoskeletal tuberculosis. Spinal tuberculosis is more common in children …

Current diagnosis and management of peripheral tuberculous lymphadenitis

JM Fontanilla, A Barnes… - Clinical Infectious …, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
Peripheral tuberculous lymphadenitis accounts for∼ 10% of tuberculosis cases in the
United States. Epidemiologic characteristics include a 1.4: 1 female-to-male ratio, a peak …

Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by smear, culture, and PCR using universal sample processing technology

S Chakravorty, MK Sen, JS Tyagi - Journal of clinical microbiology, 2005‏ - Am Soc Microbiol
Definitive and rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is challenging since
conventional techniques have limitations. We have developed a universal sample …

Peripheral tuberculous lymphadenitis: epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome

A Polesky, W Grove, G Bhatia - Medicine, 2005‏ - journals.lww.com
We reviewed 106 patients referred to our institution for treatment of peripheral tuberculous
adenitis to establish the epidemiologic, clinical, and pathologic manifestations of this …

Characterization of a two-component system, devR-devS, of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

N Dasgupta, V Kapur, KK Singh, TK Das… - Tubercle and Lung …, 2000‏ - Elsevier
By subtractive hybridization, we isolated genes, differentially expressed in virulent strain
(dev), that are expressed at higher levels in the virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv …

Comparison of the conventional diagnostic modalities, bactec culture and polymerase chain reaction test for diagnosis of tuberculosis

SS Negi, SFB Khan, S Gupta, ST Pasha… - Indian journal of medical …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Purpose: To evaluate the performance of 65 kDa antigen based PCR assay in clinical
samples obtained from pulmonary and extrapulmonary cases of tuberculosis. Methods: One …

GeneXpert polymerase chain reaction for spinal tuberculosis: an accurate and rapid diagnostic test

M Held, M Laubscher, HJ Zar… - The bone & joint journal, 2014‏ - boneandjoint.org.uk
The lack of an accurate, rapid diagnostic test for mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is a major
handicap in the management of spinal TB. GeneXpert, a new, rapid molecular diagnostic …

Identification of the causative organism of tuberculous lymphadenitis in Ethiopia by PCR

D Kidane, JO Olobo, A Habte, Y Negesse… - Journal of clinical …, 2002‏ - Am Soc Microbiol
Tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBLN) is a common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis with
multiple differential diagnoses. Demonstration of the etiologic agent by smear microscopy or …

Bovine tuberculosis in India: potential basis for zoonosis

HK Prasad, A Singhal, A Mishra, NP Shah, VM Katoch… - Tuberculosis, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Our laboratory has designed a specific nested-PCR (N-PCR) assay, based on the hupB
gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Rv2986c) and Mycobacterium bovis (Mb3010c) as a …

Differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from non-tubercular mycobacteria by nested multiplex PCR targeting IS6110, MTP40 and 32kD alpha antigen …

P Sinha, A Gupta, P Prakash, S Anupurba… - BMC infectious …, 2016‏ - Springer
Background Control of the global burden of tuberculosis is obstructed due to lack of simple,
rapid and cost effective diagnostic techniques that can be used in resource poor-settings. To …