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Oral tuberculosis

MedGen UID:
52888
•Concept ID:
C0041323
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Oral Tuberculoses; Oral Tuberculosis; Tuberculoses, Oral; Tuberculosis, Oral
SNOMED CT: Oral tuberculosis (235067001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005887

Definition

Tuberculosis of the mouth, tongue, and salivary glands. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVOral tuberculosis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Formulation and Scale-up of Delamanid Nanoparticles via Emulsification for Oral Tuberculosis Treatment.
Caggiano NJ, Armstrong MS, Georgiou JS, Rawal A, Wilson BK, White CE, Priestley RD, Prud'homme RK
Mol Pharm 2023 Sep 4;20(9):4546-4558. Epub 2023 Aug 14 doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00240. PMID: 37578286Free PMC Article
Influence of NAT2 Genotype and Maturation on Isoniazid Exposure in Low-Birth-Weight and Preterm Infants With or Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Exposure.
Béranger A, Bekker A, Solans BP, Cotton MF, Mirochnick M, Violari A, Wang J, Cababasay M, Wiesner L, Browning R, Moye J, Capparelli EV, Savic RM
Clin Infect Dis 2022 Sep 29;75(6):1037-1045. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac001. PMID: 35134861Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Formulation and Scale-up of Delamanid Nanoparticles via Emulsification for Oral Tuberculosis Treatment.
Caggiano NJ, Armstrong MS, Georgiou JS, Rawal A, Wilson BK, White CE, Priestley RD, Prud'homme RK
Mol Pharm 2023 Sep 4;20(9):4546-4558. Epub 2023 Aug 14 doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.3c00240. PMID: 37578286Free PMC Article
ENT manifestations of tuberculosis: an important aspect of ENT practice.
Sharma S, Rana AK
Pan Afr Med J 2020;36:295. Epub 2020 Aug 17 doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.295.24823. PMID: 33117489Free PMC Article
Head and neck tuberculosis: Literature review and meta-analysis.
Qian X, Albers AE, Nguyen DTM, Dong Y, Zhang Y, Schreiber F, Sinikovic B, Bi X, Graviss EA
Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2019 May;116S:S78-S88. Epub 2019 May 3 doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2019.04.014. PMID: 31080090
Oral health status and awareness among tuberculosis patients in an Indian population.
Saxena P, Gupta SK, Kharate A, Prasad SV, Maurya A, Saxena P, Kamthan S
Indian J Tuberc 2015 Jul;62(3):162-5. Epub 2015 Oct 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2015.09.002. PMID: 26600328
Tuberculosis.
Rinaggio J
Dent Clin North Am 2003 Jul;47(3):449-65, v. doi: 10.1016/s0011-8532(03)00015-6. PMID: 12848459

Diagnosis

Oral and maxillofacial tuberculosis: A systematic review.
de Farias Gabriel A, Kirschnick LB, Só BB, Schuch LF, Silveira FM, Martins MAT, Wagner VP, Lopes MA, Martins MD
Oral Dis 2023 Oct;29(7):2483-2492. Epub 2022 Jul 21 doi: 10.1111/odi.14290. PMID: 35785411
Oral Granulomatous Disease.
Alawi F, Shields BE, Omolehinwa T, Rosenbach M
Dermatol Clin 2020 Oct;38(4):429-439. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2020.05.004. PMID: 32892852
Oral tuberculosis.
Wu YH, Chang JY, Sun A, Chiang CP
J Formos Med Assoc 2017 Jan;116(1):64-65. Epub 2016 Nov 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2016.10.016. PMID: 27889200
Orofacial tubercular lesions.
Dhuvad J, Patel B, Madan S, Dhuvad M
Indian J Tuberc 2014 Oct;61(4):325-30. PMID: 25675696
Oral tuberculosis.
Eng HL, Lu SY, Yang CH, Chen WJ
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 1996 Apr;81(4):415-20. doi: 10.1016/s1079-2104(96)80016-3. PMID: 8705586

Therapy

Rare case of tubercular parotid abscess.
Ramesh Bhat Y, Kini S, Prakashini K
BMJ Case Rep 2021 Jan 11;14(1) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237491. PMID: 33431537Free PMC Article
Head and neck tuberculosis: Literature review and meta-analysis.
Qian X, Albers AE, Nguyen DTM, Dong Y, Zhang Y, Schreiber F, Sinikovic B, Bi X, Graviss EA
Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2019 May;116S:S78-S88. Epub 2019 May 3 doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2019.04.014. PMID: 31080090
Parotid gland tuberculosis.
Dixit R, Gokhroo A, Verma S, Panjabi M
Int J Mycobacteriol 2017 Jul-Sep;6(3):318-320. doi: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_86_17. PMID: 28776535
Orofacial tubercular lesions.
Dhuvad J, Patel B, Madan S, Dhuvad M
Indian J Tuberc 2014 Oct;61(4):325-30. PMID: 25675696
Oral tuberculosis.
Björlin G
Odontol Revy 1967;18(4):395-9. PMID: 5234967

Prognosis

Rare case of tubercular parotid abscess.
Ramesh Bhat Y, Kini S, Prakashini K
BMJ Case Rep 2021 Jan 11;14(1) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237491. PMID: 33431537Free PMC Article
Literature review of oral tuberculosis and report of a case with unique histological presentation.
Tandon S, Bhandari V, Kaur Lamba A, Faraz F, Makker K, Aggarwal K
Indian J Tuberc 2020 Apr;67(2):238-244. Epub 2019 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2019.02.019. PMID: 32553318
Oral fungal and bacterial infections in HIV-infected individuals: an overview in Africa.
Hodgson TA, Rachanis CC
Oral Dis 2002;8 Suppl 2:80-7. doi: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2002.00017.x. PMID: 12164666
The renaissance of abdominal tuberculosis.
Jayanthi V, Probert CS, Sher KS, Wicks AC, Mayberry JF
Dig Dis 1993;11(1):36-44. doi: 10.1159/000171399. PMID: 8443955
Midfacial necrotizing lesions.
Batsakis JG, Luna MA
Semin Diagn Pathol 1987 May;4(2):90-116. PMID: 3313603

Clinical prediction guides

Utility of fine needle aspiration cytology to diagnose intraoral tuberculosis and other oral granulomatous lesions.
Agarwal R, Singh M, Sharma S, Jaiswal A, Jain SL, Khurana N, Meher R
Diagn Cytopathol 2019 Mar;47(3):156-159. Epub 2018 Dec 8 doi: 10.1002/dc.24059. PMID: 30548220
Oral health status and awareness among tuberculosis patients in an Indian population.
Saxena P, Gupta SK, Kharate A, Prasad SV, Maurya A, Saxena P, Kamthan S
Indian J Tuberc 2015 Jul;62(3):162-5. Epub 2015 Oct 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2015.09.002. PMID: 26600328
Intraductal pressure during sialendoscopy.
Luers JC, Ortmann M, Beutner D, Hüttenbrink KB
J Laryngol Otol 2014 Oct;128(10):897-901. Epub 2014 Sep 10 doi: 10.1017/S0022215114001959. PMID: 25204644
Head and neck tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Khuzwayo ZB, Naidu TK
J Laryngol Otol 2014 Jan;128(1):86-90. Epub 2014 Jan 14 doi: 10.1017/S0022215113003435. PMID: 24423085
Oral fungal and bacterial infections in HIV-infected individuals: an overview in Africa.
Hodgson TA, Rachanis CC
Oral Dis 2002;8 Suppl 2:80-7. doi: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2002.00017.x. PMID: 12164666

Recent systematic reviews

Oral and maxillofacial tuberculosis: A systematic review.
de Farias Gabriel A, Kirschnick LB, Só BB, Schuch LF, Silveira FM, Martins MAT, Wagner VP, Lopes MA, Martins MD
Oral Dis 2023 Oct;29(7):2483-2492. Epub 2022 Jul 21 doi: 10.1111/odi.14290. PMID: 35785411
Head and neck tuberculosis: Literature review and meta-analysis.
Qian X, Albers AE, Nguyen DTM, Dong Y, Zhang Y, Schreiber F, Sinikovic B, Bi X, Graviss EA
Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2019 May;116S:S78-S88. Epub 2019 May 3 doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2019.04.014. PMID: 31080090
Tuberculosis of the oral cavity: a systematic review.
Kakisi OK, Kechagia AS, Kakisis IK, Rafailidis PI, Falagas ME
Eur J Oral Sci 2010 Apr;118(2):103-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2010.00725.x. PMID: 20486998

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