Miliary TB is a type of tuberculosis that has spread beyond your lungs. Those who are immunocompromised are especially at risk, because their immune systems can have trouble fighting the bacterium ...

Miliary TB is a rare form of TB that accounts for approximately 1–2% of TB cases. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 8,920 cases of TB in the United ...

Miliary TB. Miliary TB is a type of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB that occurs when the bacteria gets into the bloodstream and causes an infection in multiple parts of the body. [14] ...

Miliary TB is a potentially life threatening form of disseminated TB that shows up with millet-seed-like spots (about 1–2 mm) on a chest X-ray. Miliary TB accounts for about 85–90% of all ...

An Asian woman who immigrated to this country was diagnosed with miliary pulmonary TB per lung biopsy that showed a caseating granuloma. Both her purified protein derivative test and sputum ...

Now that potent antituberculous therapy is available, acute miliary tuberculosis, formerly almost always fatal, can be expected to respond to treatment in approximately 90 per cent of cases.

Miliary Tuberculosis - This is a rare form of active disease which occurs when the TB bacteria find their way into the bloodstream. Latent Tuberculosis - Those infected with TB do not develop ...

Miliary tuberculosis is uncommon in adults. Its occurrence complicating pregnancy is an especially rare finding. The case to be presented is of unusual interest because only one other case of milia ...

BCG immunization has been shown to be effective in prevention of childhood TB, especially miliary TB and TBM. Data on the effect on severity of symptoms in pediatric TBM are conflicting.

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of humanity’s oldest and most persistent health challenges. Despite significant medical advances, this infectious disease continues to affect millions globally ...

Introduction: Early diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) are very important because of its high morbidity and mortality characteristics. However, the clinical ...