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Diagnosis and management of miliary tuberculosis: current state and future perspectives

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2013
Sayantan Ray, Arunansu Talukdar, Supratip Kundu, Dibbendhu Khanra, Nikhil SonthaliaDepartment of Medicine, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaAbstract: Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most important causes of death from an ...
Ray S, Talukdar A, Kundu S, Khanra D, Sonthalia N   +4 more
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Diagnostic utility of PET/CT in a patient with miliary tuberculosis

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2019
A 63-year-old male presented with loss of appetite, subfebrile fever, swelling of the right hand and dyspnea on exertion for three months. Past medical history revealed methotrexate treatment of six months for rheumatoid arthritis.
Cuneyt Tetikkurt, Nurbanu Inci, Hail Yanardag   +2 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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Population Differences in Death Rates in HIV-Positive Patients with Tuberculosis. [PDF]

, 2007
SETTING: Randomised controlled clinical trial of Mycobacterium vaccae vaccination as an adjunct to anti-tuberculosis treatment in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients with smear-positive tuberculosis (TB) in Lusaka, Zambia, and Karonga ...
Ciglenecki, I, Fine, P E M, Glynn, J R, Mwinga, A, Ngwira, B, Nunn, A, Zumla, A   +6 more
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Tuberculosis in Malta : a case for sputum induction [PDF]

, 2013
Sputum induction is a procedure used to help patients expectorate samples of sputum for laboratory analysis. It is a simple, safe and standardised procedure which may avoid the use of more invasive and potentially harmful interventions such as fibreoptic
Farrugia, Brian
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Miliary tuberculosis with positive acid-fast bacilli in a pediatric patient

São Paulo Medical Journal
CONTEXT: Tuberculosis is an important public health issue. The Brazilian government reported 78,460 new cases in 1999. Miliary tuberculosis is a severe form of this disease.
Sara Regina Castanheira Fernandes, Marcia Noriko de Oliveira Homa, Aghata Igarashi, Andréa Luiza Mendes Salles, Ana Paula Jaloretto, Maria Silvia Freitas, Paulo Cesar Koch Nogueira   +6 more
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Prognostic indicators in patients with intracranial tuberculoma: a review of 102 cases [PDF]

, 2004
Objective: To see the characteristics, course and outcome of patients suffering from intracranial tuberculoma. Methods: Retrospective review of 102 patients diagnosed as intracranial tuberculoma at a tertiary care center over 10 years.
Khealani, Bhojo A., Moolani, M. K., Sarwari, A. R., Smego, R. A., Wasay, Mohammad, Zaheer, J.   +5 more
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Miliary Tuberculosis Presenting With Meningitis, Tuberculomas, Osteomyelitis, Psoas Abscesses, and Pulmonary Involvement

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Tuberculosis (TB) is endemic in many areas of the world and is a leading infectious cause of death in adults globally. Miliary TB can affect multiple organs and systems.
Zoë Phillips, Ibrahim Alqassas, Petra Famiyeh, Max Silverman, Salman Radwi, Stephen W. Hwang   +5 more
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Post Penicillin Antibiotics: From acceptance to resistance? [PDF]

, 2000
Edited transcript of a Witness Seminar held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, in London, on 12 May 1998. First published by the Wellcome Trust, 2000. ©The Trustee of the Wellcome Trust, London, 2000.
Reynolds, LA, Tansey, EM
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Multiple cranial tuberculomas with meningitis and miliary tuberculosis in an immunocompetent adult

Northwestern Medical Journal
Miliary brain tuberculosis (TB) is a rare and highly lethal clinical form resulting from the extensive lymphohematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Widespread brain involvement often suggests immunosuppression.
Ahmet Doğan, Hasan Tahsin Gözdaş, Tayibe Bal, Sultan Beste Şahin   +3 more
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