A case of cryptic miliary tuberculosis mimicking cholecystitis with sepsis
| Autor: | C. Renk, A. Bramann, M. Siemann, G. Rabenhorst |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Miliary tuberculosis Tuberculosis Biopsy Diagnostico diferencial Sepsis syndrome Bacteremia Sepsis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Diagnosis Differential medicine Cholecystitis Humans Aged biology business.industry Tuberculosis Miliary General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Surgery Infectious Diseases Liver Female business Hospital stay |
| Zdroj: | Infection. 27(1) |
| ISSN: | 0300-8126 |
| Popis: | Miliary tuberculosis is a rare form of tuberculosis in industrialized countries. We report on a 69-year-old woman presenting a sepsis syndrome caused by cryptic miliary tuberculosis clinically mimicking a case of cholecystitis with sepsis. The patient died of a multi-organ failure on day 6 of her hospital stay. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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