A Century-Old Threat: Disseminated Tuberculosis in a Healthy Host – Case Report
Disseminated tuberculosis (dTB) is usually rare in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of dTB presented with constitutional symptoms and extensive lymphadenopathy with bilateral lung parenchymal airspace opacities. Histopathological and molecular methods confirmed the etiological agent – M...
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| author | Poongodi Santhana Kumarasamy Bala Ponnuthurai Stanley James Benjamin Swamidoss Mohamed Arafath Mohamed |
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| description | Disseminated tuberculosis (dTB) is usually rare in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of dTB presented with constitutional symptoms and extensive lymphadenopathy with bilateral lung parenchymal airspace opacities. Histopathological and molecular methods confirmed the etiological agent – Mycobacterium tuberculosis. She was started on first-line antitubercular treatment and she had significant clinical recovery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5fae5a07aa644b68873eef87faa4c02b2025-01-07T06:19:08ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Mycobacteriology2212-55312212-554X2024-12-0113445746010.4103/ijmy.ijmy_201_23A Century-Old Threat: Disseminated Tuberculosis in a Healthy Host – Case ReportPoongodi Santhana KumarasamyBala PonnuthuraiStanley James Benjamin SwamidossMohamed Arafath MohamedDisseminated tuberculosis (dTB) is usually rare in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of dTB presented with constitutional symptoms and extensive lymphadenopathy with bilateral lung parenchymal airspace opacities. Histopathological and molecular methods confirmed the etiological agent – Mycobacterium tuberculosis. She was started on first-line antitubercular treatment and she had significant clinical recovery.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_201_23cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification testdisseminated tuberculosisrifampicintruenat |
| spellingShingle | Poongodi Santhana Kumarasamy Bala Ponnuthurai Stanley James Benjamin Swamidoss Mohamed Arafath Mohamed A Century-Old Threat: Disseminated Tuberculosis in a Healthy Host – Case Report International Journal of Mycobacteriology cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test disseminated tuberculosis rifampicin truenat |
| title | A Century-Old Threat: Disseminated Tuberculosis in a Healthy Host – Case Report |
| title_full | A Century-Old Threat: Disseminated Tuberculosis in a Healthy Host – Case Report |
| title_fullStr | A Century-Old Threat: Disseminated Tuberculosis in a Healthy Host – Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Century-Old Threat: Disseminated Tuberculosis in a Healthy Host – Case Report |
| title_short | A Century-Old Threat: Disseminated Tuberculosis in a Healthy Host – Case Report |
| title_sort | century old threat disseminated tuberculosis in a healthy host case report |
| topic | cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test disseminated tuberculosis rifampicin truenat |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_201_23 |
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