Purpose The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment test (CAT) was
recently introduced for use in assessing disease-specific quality of life and follow-up of patients …

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between pulmonary function tests, arterial blood
gases, and thyroid gland functions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD…

Pneumoconiosis was diagnosed by open lung biopsy in two dental technicians who had
interstitial lung disease. Mineralogical analysis was performed to investigate the origin of the …

Aim Bronchiectasis develops as a result of genetic and environmental factors and its
etiopathogenesis is not still clear. Recent studies have revealed that inflammatory cytokines, which …

Objective: To compare the diagnostic efficacy and agreement of the traditional tuberculin
skin test with QuantiFERON-Tuberculosis Gold In-Tube test for latent tuberculosis infection in …

Background Patients with pleural effusions who reside in geographic areas with a high
prevalence of tuberculosis frequently have similar clinical manifestations of other diseases. The …

It was defined increasing platelet count in pulmonary tuberculosis. In this study, another
parameters of blood coagulation were examined consider role of platelets in coagulation. Sixty …

Background: This study was done to investigate the course of serum adenosine deaminase (sADA)
level during pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and its relationship with clinical, radiological…

Tuberculosis (TB) is a complicated disease in which biological, socioeconomical and
environmental factors play role. Since only 10% of the individuals infected with Mycobacterium …

Objectives To determine if detection of IgM and IgG antibodies against mycobacterial antigen
A60, together with the Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST), could be used in the diagnosis of …