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Miliary Tuberculosis [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum, 2017
ABSTRACT Miliary tuberculosis (TB) results from a massive lymphohematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli and is characterized by tiny tubercles evident on gross pathology resembling millet seeds in size and appearance.
Surendra K, Sharma, Alladi, Mohan
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Clinical analysis of pregnancy complicated with miliary tuberculosis

Annals of Medicine, 2022
Background Pregnancy complicated with tuberculosis is increasingly common. The clinical characteristics of pregnancy complicated with miliary tuberculosis are summarized in this study.
Kaige Wang, Donghua Ren, Zhixin Qiu, Weimin Li   +3 more
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Fatal acute miliary tuberculosis complicated by obstructive jaundice, acute pancreatitis, and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a 57-year-old immunocompetent female: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Miliary tuberculosis occurs in 2% of all patients with tuberculosis when Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulates in the bloodstream, leading to various nonspecific features.
Ahed Assaf, Suleiman khaddour, Saja Karaja, William Borghol, Haya Almohammad, Mario Wassel, Kinan Alkeshk, Akram Shammat   +7 more
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Prognostic factors in patients with miliary tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2018
Background and purpose: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) complication has long been considered a factor associated with poor prognosis in patients with miliary tuberculosis.
Kentaro Wakamatsu, Nobuhiko Nagata, Hiroyuki Kumazoe, Satosi Honjyo, Makiko Hara, Aiko Nagaoka, Naotaka Noda, Kouji Okamura, Kenji Kawatoko, Mizuko Ose, Erika Yamada, Takashi Akasaki, Sanae Maki, Shinji Ise, Miiru Izumi, Masayuki Kawasaki   +15 more
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Miliary tuberculosis and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2019
Background: Miliary tuberculosis is a serious and uncommon form of tuberculosis due to hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Objective: This study aimed to describe the epidemiological and clinical features of miliary tuberculosis ...
Boushab Mohamed Boushab, Leonardo Kishi Basco   +1 more
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Miliary tuberculosis with pulmonary and extrapulmonary component complicated with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017
Miliary tuberculosis results from the lymphohematogenous spread of the tubercle bacilli to the vascular beds in the lungs and other organs. Diagnosis is made by clinical judgment and chest X-ray showing miliary mottling of the lung fields.
Bhupen Barman, Iadarilang Tiewsoh, Kyrshanlang G Lynrah, Baphira Wankhar, Taso Beyong, Neel Kanth Issar   +5 more
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Miliary Brain Tuberculomas and Meningitis: Tuberculosis Beyond the Lungs

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Tuberculosis remains one of the most common infectious diseases. Miliary presentation is a rare and possibly lethal form, resulting from massive lymphohaematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli.
Gisela Vasconcelos, Ligia Santos, Catarina Couto, Margarida Cruz, Alice Castro   +4 more
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The clinical features and prognostic factors of miliary tuberculosis in a high tuberculosis burden area

Annals of Medicine
Background Miliary Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important infectious disease that threatens human health. The clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of miliary TB are summarized in this study.Methods The clinical information of miliary TB ...
Xiaolin Wei, Min Xie, Suji Wu, Yong Bao
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Miliary tuberculosis in an Indian lady: Looking beyond miliary tuberculosis

Lung India, 2015
Presence of miliary shadows in chest imaging in the appropriate clinical setting is often taken as a marker of miliary tuberculosis. If sputum is negative for acid -fast bacillus, empirical anti-tubercular therapy is given without securing a histological
Arjun Lakshman, Varun Dhir, Narender Kumar, Manphool Singhal   +3 more
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Complications of miliary tuberculosis: low mortality and predictive biomarkers from a UK cohort

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Untreated, miliary tuberculosis (TB) has a mortality approaching 100%. As it is uncommon there is little specific data to guide its management. We report detailed data from a UK cohort of patients with miliary tuberculosis and the associations
Jonathan Underwood, Fiona Cresswell, Alex P Salam, Alex J Keeley, Charles Cleland, Laurence John, Robert N Davidson   +6 more
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