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Rationale: Steroid is known to cause generalized immunosuppression, thereby increasing the risk of new infection or recurrence of tuberculosis. However, corticosteroid as a culprit for exacerbation of miliary tuberculosis—from a cryptic to an overt form ...
Minji Song, Sung Jin Kim, J. Yoo
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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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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 ...
R, Ozaras +4 more
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Miliary tuberculosis (MT) is a widespread, potentially fatal form of TB. It is mainly related to immunocompromised patients and occurs due to hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Vívian de Souza Lemos +7 more
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Transbronchial Cryobiopsy for Miliary Tuberculosis Mimicking Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Miliary tuberculosis is a potentially lethal type of tuberculosis that results from the hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli.
Shingo Nasu +15 more
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a rare complication of miliary tuberculosis, particularly in pediatric patients. Comorbidities and delayed diagnosis can worsen the prognosis of patients with miliary tuberculosis.
Jiarui Zhu +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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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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Clinical spectrum of paradoxical deterioration during antituberculosis therapy in non-HIV-infected patients [PDF]
Paradoxical deterioration during antituberculosis therapy, defined as the clinical or radiological worsening of pre-existing tuberculous lesions or the development of new lesions in a patient who initially improves, remains a diagnostic dilemma. Although
Chan, KK +7 more
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Drug resistant miliary tuberculosis after in vitro fertilization
The article describes a clinical case of drug resistant miliary tuberculosis in an immunocompetent woman with a multifetal pregnancy after in vitro fertilization (IVF). Difficulties in diagnosing miliary tuberculosis were due to the late detection of the
P. O. Sotskiy +3 more
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