[HTML][HTML] Challenges in the diagnosis & treatment of miliary tuberculosis

SK Sharma, A Mohan, A Sharma - Indian Journal of Medical …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Miliary tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially lethal disease if not diagnosed and treated early.
Diagnosing miliary TB can be a challenge that can perplex even the most experienced …

[HTML][HTML] Miliary tuberculosis: A new look at an old foe

SK Sharma, A Mohan, A Sharma - Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Miliary tuberculosis (TB), is a fatal form of disseminated TB characterized by tiny tubercles
evident on gross pathology similar to innumerable millet seeds in size and appearance …

Diagnosis and management of miliary tuberculosis: current state and future perspectives

S Ray, A Talukdar, S Kundu, D Khanra… - … and clinical risk …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most important causes of death from an infectious
disease, and it poses formidable challenges to global health at the public health, scientific …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests for tuberculous meningitis

A Pormohammad, MJ Nasiri, TD McHugh… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is difficult and poses a significant challenge
to physicians worldwide. Recently, nucleic acid amplification (NAA) tests have shown …

Diagnostic test accuracy of adenosine deaminase for tuberculous meningitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Pormohammad, SM Riahi, MJ Nasiri, F Fallah… - Journal of Infection, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction The measurement of adenosine deaminase (ADA) level in cerebrospinal fluid
(CSF) has generated as a suitable test for tuberculous meningitis (TBM) diagnosis. The main …

[HTML][HTML] Miliary tuberculosis

S Vohra, HS Dhaliwal - StatPearls [Internet], 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: Identify the etiology of miliary tuberculosis. Evaluate a patient with suspected
miliary tuberculosis and formulate a clinically appropriate diagnostic plan. Compare the …

Adenosine deaminase from the cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis: A meta‐analysis

Q Ye, W Yan - Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To comprehensively evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of adenosine deaminase in
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for tuberculous meningitis (TBM), and the potential influence of …

Commercial nucleic acid amplification tests in tuberculous meningitis—a meta-analysis

RS Solomons, SL van Elsland, DH Visser… - … and infectious disease, 2014 - Elsevier
Although nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) promise a rapid, definitive diagnosis of
tuberculous meningitis, the performance of first-generation NAATs was suboptimal and …

Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid adenosine deaminase activity for the differential diagnosis of tuberculous and nontuberculous meningitis

Q Sun, W Sha, H Xiao, Q Tian, H Zhu - The American journal of the medical …, 2012 - Elsevier
Introduction The diagnosis value of adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity in cerebrospinal
fluid (CSF) of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) has been well documented. However, the cutoff …

[HTML][HTML] CNS tuberculosis

M Gupta, S Munakomi - 2022 - europepmc.org
Objectives: Identify the global epidemiology of CNS tuberculosis. Describe the various
clinical presentations of a patient with CNS tuberculosis. Outline the diagnosis and …