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Apr 29, 2020 · Miliary Tuberculosis is caused a primary tuberculosis infection arising from the lungs and spreading to the other parts of the body (dissemination) or it may be caused by reactivation of a latent focus of infection that was not active but has now become active due to immunosuppression for any reason such as long term use of drugs like steroids or chemotherapy (use of cytotoxic drugs) or comorbidities such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Apr 29, 2020 · The following characteristics are found in any organism found in this genus. They are Aerobic microorganisms: this means that they require oxygen to survive and cause infection this is the reason why Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects the lungs the most because it gets all the needed oxygen in it. They are Non-motile: they cannot move because ...
Apr 29, 2020 · Differences between Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis and Miliary Tuberculosis Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is any TB occurring outside the lungs while Miliary TB is a type of Extrapulmonary TB. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis may occur in a single organ of the body such as in the abdomen, skin, breast, bone or intestine whereas Miliary TB does not occur in isolation but is diffused or spread to different organs of the body
Apr 29, 2020 · Miliary tuberculosis (Disseminated TB): this is a form of extrapulmonary TB in which the infection spreads to different organs at the same time; most forms extrapulmonary Tuberculosis occur in isolation (that is, it affects one organ), but miliary tuberculosis affects more than one at spontaneously.
Apr 29, 2020 · In all cases of Tuberculosis the Standard treatment is applied with addition of few drugs such as: addition of Steroid to Genitourinary TB and Central Nervous system TB. Miliary Tuberculosis, Pulmonary TB and other forms of Extrapulmonary TB all follow the standard treatment outlined below. Standard 6 months short course chemotherapy
Apr 29, 2020 · Pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common form of tuberculosis: others include Tb Spine (Potts Disease), Miliary TB, Renal TB etc. Pulmonary Tuberculosis Epidemiology Tuberculosis is second leading cause of death caused by a single infectious disease, with 1.7 million deaths (without HIV infection) in 2004.
Apr 29, 2020 · The Tuberculosis makes it easier for HIV to progress rapidly while the HIV makes it possible for Tuberculosis to spread leading to extrapulmonary TB such as Miliary TB and becomes more complicated; because of this, patients with TB need to be tested for HIV and those with HIV need to be tested for TB with tuberculin skin testing and/or chest x-ray.
Apr 29, 2020 · Tuberculosis Treatment Failure. Treatment failure in TB refers to a patient who is still excreting bacilli either after 5 months of chemotherapy given under direct observation by a health worker or after completion of the fully supervised 8 month retreatment regimen (with 2 months treatment with Streptomycin, Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Ethambutol and Pyrazinamide; 1 month with Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Ethambutol and Pyrazinamide and then 5 months with Rifampicin, Isoniazid and Ethambutol.
Apr 29, 2020 · Mantoux Test Results in low risk individuals. Reading of 0 4 mm shows it is a negative result, this means the diagnosis is unlikely to be diagnose. Reading of 5 9mm shows it the result is indeterminate. A reading of 10 14 mm is suggestive that the affected person may be positive for Tuberculosis. A reading of more than 15 mm is positive of TB.
Apr 29, 2020 · Stiffness of the back with localized tenderness is an early sign or symptom of Potts Disease. Applying a force on the head on the erect spine in tuberculosis of the spine may elicit local pain in the spinal column. There may be presence of deformity of the spine in most cases of TB Spine such as spinal deformity may be a torticollis, or gibbus ...
