Paragonimiasis should also be considered in patients assessed with smear-negative pulmonary TB.

The cohort study will enrol and evaluate 600 adults with pulmonary TB.

CXR for diagnosis of pulmonary TB has good sensitivity, but poor specificity.

In the trial, pulmonary TB suspects were requested for collecting three sputum specimens.

Our data demonstrate that M. microti can cause severe pulmonary TB in immunocompetent patients.

Increased IP-10 levels were found in both pulmonary TB and lung diseases other than TB.

PCR assay enabled pulmonary TB to be diagnosed earlier in 13 more cases, compared to SM.

By targeting these antioxidants it may be possible to restore BCG's ability to protect against pulmonary TB.

We tested 132 respiratory specimens from 106 patients with suspected pulmonary TB.

Pulmonary TB is an important cause of concomitant comorbidity to the obstetric or gynaecological condition necessitating admission.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) in children is frequently paucibacillary and non-severe forms of pulmonary TB are common.

Design: In this prospective study, three Ziehl-Neelsen stained sputum smears from consecutive pulmonary TB suspects were examined blind.

Adult TB cases with smear-positive pulmonary TB were compared with healthy blood donors from the same ethnic groups.

Five out of eight had military TB, three out of eight had pulmonary TB and two patients died.

MBP deficiency is not a significant risk factor for persistent HBV, severe malaria nor pulmonary TB in West Africa.

Only pulmonary TB is infectious.