The silent pandemic in South Africa: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis from head to heel

Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the leading cause of communicable disease-related deaths in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide and in South Africa. Mycobacterium tuberculosis disseminates haematogenously from an active primary lung...

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Autores principales: Le Roux, Camilla E., Vlok, Sucari S.C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2021
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Pictorial Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8063767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936795
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v25i1.2026
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description Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the leading cause of communicable disease-related deaths in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide and in South Africa. Mycobacterium tuberculosis disseminates haematogenously from an active primary lung focus and may affect extra-pulmonary sites in up to 15% of patients. Extra-pulmonary TB may present with a normal chest radiograph, which often causes a significant diagnostic dilemma. This review describes the main sites of involvement in EPTB, which is illustrated by local imaging examples.
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spelling pubmed-80637672021-04-29 The silent pandemic in South Africa: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis from head to heel Le Roux, Camilla E. Vlok, Sucari S.C. SA J Radiol Pictorial Review Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the leading cause of communicable disease-related deaths in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide and in South Africa. Mycobacterium tuberculosis disseminates haematogenously from an active primary lung focus and may affect extra-pulmonary sites in up to 15% of patients. Extra-pulmonary TB may present with a normal chest radiograph, which often causes a significant diagnostic dilemma. This review describes the main sites of involvement in EPTB, which is illustrated by local imaging examples. AOSIS 2021-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8063767/ /pubmed/33936795 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v25i1.2026 Text en © 2021. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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title_short The silent pandemic in South Africa: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis from head to heel
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8063767/
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