<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>njbms</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>NJBMS</JournalTitle> <PISSN>0976-6626</PISSN> <EISSN>2455-1740</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Volume 4, Issue 2</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>October - December 2013</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>-0001</Year> <Month>11</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Microbiology</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>DETECTION OF MICROFILARIAE AT MULTIPLE SITES IN A CASE OF DISSEMINATED TUBERCULOSIS- A RARE CASE OF CO-INFECTION</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>142</FirstPage> <LastPage>143</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>CH.</FirstName> <LastName>PREETHI</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>RAMA</FirstName> <LastName>DEVI</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>ANURADHA</FirstName> <LastName>BASAVARAJU</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <Abstract>In tropical countries like India, co-infections are common. Lymphatic filariasis afflicts over 120 million people while Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects over2 billion people worldwide.[1] However, detection of microfilariae in pleural fluid is very rare.[2] Here, we report a case of disseminated tuberculosis with incidental detection of microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti in pleural fluid, blood smear, and cervical lymph node aspirate. A 45 year old male, farmer by occupation presented with chief complaints of back pain of 30 days duration. Fever, shortness of breath, pain abdomen for 1 week. Diagnosis of tuberculosis and filariasis were made based on radiological, biochemical and microbiological investigations and TB PCR. The patient was immunocompetant, negative for HIV infection.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Microfilariae, Tuberculosis, Co-infection.</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://njbms.in/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=1543&title=DETECTION OF MICROFILARIAE AT MULTIPLE SITES IN A CASE OF DISSEMINATED TUBERCULOSIS- A RARE CASE OF CO-INFECTION</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References/> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>