Tuberculosis (TB) can involve the entire gastrointestinal tract (GI) including the peritoneum
and the pancreatobiliary system. The incidence and severity depends on the prevalence of …

Tuberculosis of the pancreas is extremely rare and in most of the cases mimics pancreatic
carcinoma. There are a number of case reports on pancreatic tuberculosis with various …

AIM: To determine the clinical, radiographic and laboratory characteristics, diagnostic
methods, and therapeutic variables in immunocompetent patients with tuberculosis (TB) of …

Virulence is the measure of pathogenicity of a microorganism as determined by its ability to
invade host tissues and to produce severe disease. In the low-dose aerosol guinea pig …

Results: In PTB patients the common bile duct was never dilated. Multiple retroperitoneal
lymph nodes are the second important B-mode ultrasound feature detected in 75% of PTB …

Abstract Background and Aim Peripancreatic tuberculous lymphadenopathy is very rare and
can be misdiagnosed with pancreatic or peripancreatic malignancies. The clinical …

The increased reporting of tuberculosis of the pancreas is related to a worldwide increase in
tuberculosis and an increase in emigration from countries where tuberculosis is endemic …

The thought that tuberculosis and the mycobacteria could cause diabetes seems farfetched,
but is not. The peculiar relationship and frequent association of diabetes mellitus and …

Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) modifies adaptive immunity, in part by determining the
character of inflammatory responses in the tissue microenvironment. Small molecule …

Context Tuberculosis is a common disease in the developing world and its incidence is
slowly increasing in developed countries where a resurgence has been seen subsequent to …