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- Title
MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT: CASE REPORT.
- Authors
Valle Farfan, Renzo Steffano; Peña Villalobos, Alejandro Manuel; Espinoza Hernandez, Walter Jesus; Valle Farfan, Steffano Alessandro
- Abstract
Milar Tuberculosis (TB) is a presentation with a fatal outcome if it is not diagnosed or treated on time; although certain conditions are required to develop this presentation. In this In this article, the case of a 48-year-old man with no pathological history is studied, who started the disease with a time of six months with an initial diffuse gastrointestinal pain and later one month before admission presented progressive respiratory symptoms; he was admitted for emergencies where bilateral diffuse miliary compromise was evident in the chest computed tomography; upon admission, he was administered oxygen and support measures, an HIV test was obtained which was negative, and positive results were obtained in the sputum smear microscopy. His clinical evolution was stationary until the administration of antituberculosis therapy, observing slight clinical improvement, likewise, low doses of corticosteroids were administered after which a favorable evolution was demonstrated and he was discharged.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis; DRUG therapy for tuberculosis; SPUTUM microbiology; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones; OXYGEN; ABDOMINAL pain; COMPUTED tomography; RESPIRATORY insufficiency; DISCHARGE planning; MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; TUBERCULOSIS
- Publication
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, p182
- ISSN
1814-5469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25176/RFMH.v24i1.5973