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Extremely high levels of central nervous system involvement in miliary tuberculosis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Miliary tuberculosis (TB) is one of the severest manifestations of TB that can be lethal when concomitant with the central nervous system (CNS) involvement.
Guirong Wang, Rui-Li Liang, Qing Sun, X. Liao, Chenqiang Wang, Hairong Huang   +5 more
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All Signs Point to Cancer: A Case of Cryptic Miliary Tuberculosis in the Setting of Concomitant Cancer

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2021
Dissemination of tuberculosis (TB) is known as miliary tuberculosis. When miliary tuberculosis lacks classic radiographic and clinical features, it can be labeled cryptic miliary tuberculosis and may mimic metastatic cancer.
Victoria Cress, Sue Min Sophia Kwon, Michael T. Ulrich   +2 more
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Clinical and radiologic characteristics of radiologically missed miliary tuberculosis

Medicine, 2021
While chest CT provides important clue for diagnosis of miliary tuberculosis (TB), patients are occasionally missed on initial CT, which might delay the diagnosis. This study was to evaluate the clinical and radiological characteristics of radiologically
J. Choe, Kyung Hwa Jung, J. Park, Sung‐Han Kim, Mi Young Kim   +4 more
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Metastatic Cutaneous Abscesses as Initial Presentation of Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Patient. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Metastatic tuberculous abscesses are a rare but clinically significant manifestation of tuberculosis. Cutaneous tuberculosis accounts for just 1%–2% of extrapulmonary cases, with cold abscesses being one possible skin manifestation. Skin lesions are most commonly acquired through hematogenous dissemination from distant foci of infection ...
Modi R, Chan G, Garcia A.
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Beyond the Usual Suspects: Neonatal Fever and Desaturation. [PDF]

Pediatr Pulmonol
ABSTRACT Background We report a 1‐month‐old infant admitted with fever, dyspnea, and desaturation after an unmonitored pregnancy in a migrant family. The patient rapidly required mechanical ventilation. Laboratory parameters were markedly elevated, suggesting an infectious etiology.
Doležalová K, Kodetová J, Klabusayová E, Svobodová J, Karmazín K, Tkadlec P, Kopecká E, Helešic J.   +7 more
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Ground-glass opacity as a paradoxical reaction in miliary tuberculosis: A case report and review of the literature

IDCases, 2020
A paradoxical reaction (PR) is an excessive immune response occurring during antitubercular therapy (ATT), but is rare in patients with miliary tuberculosis.
Yuki Tokuyama, Takeshi Matsumoto, Yusuke Kusakabe, Naoki Yamamoto, Kensaku Aihara, Shinpachi Yamaoka, Michiaki Mishima   +6 more
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Miliary Tuberculosis with Meningitis [PDF]

Practical Neurology, 2002
A 25-year-old woman presented to the Centre for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with a 1 month history of headache, fever, and vomiting. On examination her Glasgow coma score was 14/15. Her neck was stiff, and she had a right lateral rectus palsy (Fig. 1).
Thwaites, G, Farrar, J
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Performance of the 2007 WHO Algorithm to diagnose Smear-negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a HIV prevalent setting [PDF]

, 2012
The 2007 WHO algorithm for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) culture was evaluated in a HIV prevalent area of ...
A Cattamanchi, A Martin, A Martin, A Soto, A Soto, A Tamhane, B Bah, CC Boehme, D Wilkinson, D Wilson, Delia Goletti, DH Mueller, Elisa Ardizzoni, Eric Okwaro, F Nackers, Francis Varaine, GI Mejia, GI Mejía, H Getahun, Helena Huerga, HF Swai, J Walley, JA Robledo, Jeremiah Chakaya, JL Davis, Joseph Sitienei, JR Landis, K Siddiqi, KP Cain, L Satti, LE Kivihya-Ndugga, M Pardini, Maryline Bonnet, Mathieu Bastard, MR van Cleef, O Koole, P Hepple, P Saranchuk, R Colebunders, S Rishi, VN Chihota, Y Kudjawu   +41 more
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A rare case of miliary tuberculosis accompanying perihepatitis [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2019
Perihepatic capsulitis is associated with various diseases, such as Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, perforated cholecystitis, perforated hepatic abscess, and tuberculous peritonitis. Miliary tuberculosis is present in about 2% of
Ou Jun Kwon, Suk Woo Lee, Mun Sun Jang, Sang Chul Kim, Ji Han Lee, Hoon Kim   +5 more
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Miliary tuberculosis in an immune‐competent Bangladeshi man—A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Miliary tuberculosis is a disseminated and active form of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It frequently affects immunocompromised patients. However, immune‐competent hosts are reported rarely.
Susanta Kumar Paul, Shamim Ahmed, Rajashish Chakrabortty, Shamrat Kumar Paul, Mohammed Atiqur Rahman   +4 more
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