The pathological changes of caseation and tubercle formation in tuberculosis of the pleura have been extensively studied at autopsy, 6,7 but observations of the diseased pleura during life were rare ...

In managing the complication of tuberculosis (TB), the phenomenon of a paradoxical reaction must be considered when there are ...

MicroCT of infected human lung tissue, along with histology and immunohistochemistry, was used to construct images of TB granulomas, airways and vasculature. For 70 years, clinicians thought they knew ...

THE etiology of a pleural effusion can at times be difficult to establish. Pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchogenic carcinoma are notorious in this regard, and in both diseases it is mandatory that ...

An Asian woman who immigrated to this country was diagnosed with miliary pulmonary TB per lung biopsy that showed a caseating granuloma. Both her purified protein derivative test and sputum culture ...

One of the main challenges for tuberculosis (TB) therapy is how to deliver drugs to the site of disease. Once the body’s immune system is infected with tuberculosis, it forms granulomas—tight clusters ...