A 73‐year‐old man with loss of consciousness during treatment for miliary tuberculosis
Key message Miliary tuberculosis is often associated with cerebral tuberculoma, which can manifest during treatment. We present images of a patient with cerebral tuberculoma detected due to emerging neurological symptoms during treatment of miliary ...
Masahiro Ohgiya+4 more
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Symptom screen: diagnostic usefulness in detecting pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected pregnant women in Kenya [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To determine the diagnostic usefulness of tuberculosis (TB) symptom screening to detect active pulmonary TB among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected pregnant women in two PMTCT (prevention of mother-to-child transmission) clinics in ...
Abuya, J M+11 more
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Miliary tuberculosis presenting with acute respiratory distress syndrome in a patient with down syndrome [PDF]
Introduction. Miliary tuberculosis (TB) is a rare and potentially fatal form of disseminated TB. It is caused by a widespread haematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from an active caseous focus to different organs.
Novković Ljiljana+5 more
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Advances in imaging chest tuberculosis: blurring of differences between children and adults [PDF]
This article reviews the ongoing role of imaging in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and its complications. A modern imaging classification of TB, taking into account both adults and children and the blurring of differences in the presentation patterns,
Ahmad+63 more
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Traffic-Related Air Pollution and All-Cause Mortality during Tuberculosis Treatment in California. [PDF]
BackgroundAmbient air pollution and tuberculosis (TB) have an impact on public health worldwide, yet associations between the two remain uncertain.ObjectiveWe determined the impact of residential traffic on mortality during treatment of active TB ...
Brenda Jones+15 more
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Miliary Tuberculosis in Adults [PDF]
Of 40 adults with miliary tuberculosis 24 had "overt" disease; in them miliary mottling was usually present on the chest radiograph, and tubercle bacilli were readily isolated from sputum, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid. In the remaining 16 patients the disease was termed "cryptic" because its usual clinical and radiographic features were absent.
N. W. Horne+3 more
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND OUTCOME OF MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS [PDF]
Miliary tuberculosis (TB) is due to hematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Clinical manifestations are nonspecific and protean, depending on the predominant site of involvement.We evaluated the clinical manifestations of 15 patients with ...
J. Ayatollahi
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Tuberculosis cutis miliaris disseminata as a manifestation of miliary tuberculosis : literature review and report of a case of recurrent skin lesions [PDF]
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Dahlmans, R.P.M.+5 more
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Cryptic miliary tuberculosis [PDF]
Miliary tuberculosis is the widespread haematogenous dissemination of tubercle bacilli. It produces numerous small lesions in many organs of the body.1 The miliary tuberculosis is ‘overt’ if the typical miliary infiltrate is seen on the chest radiograph, whereas it is called ‘cryptic’ miliary tuberculosis where the typical radiology and clinical ...
Bahar Kacmaz+4 more
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