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Controlling tuberculosis in India.
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis in India.
Abstract A 14-year-old boy presented with a large symptomatic transudative pleural effusion 4 months after spinal surgery for kyphoscoliosis. Computed tomography myelography confirmed a subarachnoid-pleural fistula (SPF) with…
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Massive pleural effusion as the presenting feature of a subarachnoid-pleural fistula.
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Health seeking behaviour among tuberculosis patients in rural South Africa.
Abstract India has the highest number of tuberculosis cases of any country in the world, and many of these cases are MDR TB. A combination of contributing factors…
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India’s multidrug-resistant tuberculosis crisis.
Abstract Herpes simplex esophagitis commonly occurs in immune-compromised individuals. We report the condition in two immunocompetent individuals (one presenting with retrosternal pain and diarrhea and the other with…
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Herpes simplex esophagitis in immunocompetent individuals.
Abstract Knowledge of the prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is crucial for effective tuberculosis control, but tuberculin skin test surveys have major limitations, including poor specificity because…
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Enumeration of T cells specific for RD1-encoded antigens suggests a high prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in healthy urban Indians.
Abstract Amyloidosis is a generic term for a heterogeneous group of disorders associated with deposition of protein in an abnormal fibrillar form. Amyloidosis can be hereditary or acquired,…
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Spontaneous resolution of diffuse alveolar septal amyloidosis.
Abstract A 49-year-old woman was diagnosed as autoimmune hepatitis and started on steroids and azathioprine. Subsequently, she developed fever; chest radiograph showed lower lobe nodular opacities. Bronchoalveolar lavage…
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Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis associated with autoimmune hepatitis.
Abstract We report a case of a 3-year-old child with Prader-Willi syndrome who had severe sleep disordered breathing with daytime hypersomnolence. His daytime blood gases showed type II…
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Prader-Willi syndrome with sleep disordered breathing: effect of two years nocturnal CPAP.