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ArticleJournal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases2020

Miliary pattern, a classic pulmonary finding of tuberculosis disease.

Vanesa Alende-Castro, Cristina Macía-Rodríguez, Emilio Páez-Guillán, Alba García-Villafranca

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Vanesa Alende-CastroDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital do Salnés, Rúa Hospital do Salnes, 30, 36619 Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra, Spain.
Cristina Macía-RodríguezDepartment of Internal Medicine, POVISA Hospital, Rúa Salamanca 5, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.
Emilio Páez-GuillánDepartment of Internal Medicine, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Travesia da Choupana s/n, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
Alba García-VillafrancaDepartment of Internal Medicine, POVISA Hospital, Rúa Salamanca 5, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.

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introductionThe increase in age of the population and in the use of immunosuppressive treatment makes tuberculosis (TB) with hematogenous or lymphatic dissemination a current problem.

methodsWe collected all the patients diagnosed with tuberculosis with miliary pulmonary pattern at the Santiago de Compostela University Teaching Hospital (NW Spain) from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2015.

resultsA total of 27 patients were included, 70.4% women, with a median age of 69.0 years old. A cause of immunosuppression was observed only in 51.9% of patients. The majority of the cases (65.0%) presented pulmonary affectation. The most frequently isolated species was Mycobacterium tuberculosis (88.9%). Multiresistance to first-line antituberculosis drugs was observed only in 3.7%. 92.6% of the patients received treatment with Isoniazid, Rifampicin and Pyrazinamine, associated in 48.1% of them with Ethambutol. Two patients died during admission and there were no recurrences in the 2-years follow-up.

conclusionsMiliary tuberculosis remains a current pathology. Most patients do not have a known cause of immunosuppression. The response to the typical treatment is usually good.

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AFB, acid-fast bacilliBAL, broncoalveolar lavageCT, computed tomographyHIV, human immunodeficiency virusIGRA, interferon-gamma release assayImmunosuppressionMiliaryMiliary patternPCR, polymerase chain reactionTB, tuberculosisTST, tuberculin skinTuberculosis

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PMCPMC7452224

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