“Pomegranate” Spleen in Disseminated Tuberculosis [PDF]
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2015 A 33-year-old HIV-infected female patient who had died at Maputo Central Hospital, Maputo, Mozambique, after less than 24 hours of hospitalization, underwent a full postmortem examination to ascertain the cause of death. Antemortem chest radiography showed hyperinflated lungs, with scattered bilateral lesions compatible with a diagnosis of miliary ...
García-Basteiro, Alberto L. +12 more
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A Case Report of Widely Disseminated Tuberculosis in Immunocompetent Adult Male
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2020 Introduction Disseminated tuberculosis (TB) is rare, affects any organ system, and presents mainly in immunocompromised populations. Typical presentation is non-specific, posing a challenge for diagnosis. Case Report This case presents an immunocompetent
Samantha B Esposito +4 more
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Disseminated tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013 Miliary tuberculosis refers to the clinical disease resulting from the hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A tuberculous aneurysm of the aorta is exceedingly rare. Contiguous tuberculosis in the form of lymphadenitis is generally responsible for the aortic involvement.
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A Rare Presentation of Invasive Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System in an Immunocompetent Patient in a Nonendemic Country. [PDF]
, 2018 We herein report a rare case of a 25-year-old immunocompetent male patient with disseminated tuberculosis of central nervous system (CNS), first presenting as multiple cerebral lesions with no meningeal involvement. Subsequent diagnostic workup disclosed
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Left pleural effusion in a young woman with genital tuberculosis
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022 Disseminated tuberculosis is a rare form of tuberculosis that can cause severe illness if diagnosed and treated late. We present the case of a young Senegalese woman who had a miscarriage due to a pelvic inflammatory disease, followed by the development
Cristina Albrici +6 more
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AIDS-defining illnesses at initial diagnosis of HIV in a large Guatemalan cohort [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundAnecdotal evidence suggests that a high proportion of patients diagnosed with HIV in Guatemala present with AIDS. There remain limited data on the epidemiology of AIDS-defining illnesses (ADIs) in Central America.MethodsWe conducted a ...
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Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting Primarily as Amenorrhoea- A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB) primarily infects the lungs and spreads throughout the body after the initial infection. This dissemination occurs through the reactivation of a dormant focus, which is preceded by lymphohaematogenous spread. It can also
Mrinmayee Vijay Mayekar +3 more
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Disseminated Tuberculosis of the Axial Skeleton. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med HygAli GA, Goravey W.
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Disseminated tuberculosis associated with reactive arthritis of Poncet in an immunocompetent patient, [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2020 Cutaneous tuberculosis is a rare extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis which, like disseminated tuberculosis, commonly occurs in immunocompromised patients.
Juliana de Oliveira Alves Calado +3 more
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Pathogenic microbial ancient DNA: a problem or an opportunity? [PDF]
, 2005 Copyright © Royal Society 2006Eske Willerslev, Alan ...
Donoghue, HD, Spigelman, M
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