Pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten leading causes of death worldwide. The causative agent of TB is Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acute tuberculous pneumonia (TP) is an acute form of pulmonary TB. However, acute TP and non-tuberculous community-acquired pneumonia can be easily confused, resulting...

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Autores principales: Wei, Meili, Yongjie Zhao, Zhuoyu Qian, Biao Yang, Xi, Jun, Wei, Jun, Tang, Bikui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Masson SAS on behalf of Institut Pasteur. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7297158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32561408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2020.05.020
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Sumario:Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten leading causes of death worldwide. The causative agent of TB is Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acute tuberculous pneumonia (TP) is an acute form of pulmonary TB. However, acute TP and non-tuberculous community-acquired pneumonia can be easily confused, resulting in deterioration of TP due to delayed treatment. Therefore, rapid and accurate diagnosis of acute TP is crucial in order to stop the transmission of TB. Moreover, development of new diagnostic tools (technologies and approaches), and flexible application of different therapy schemes will help to reduce the incidence of TP and promote the goal of ending the TB epidemic.

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