A case of afebrile miliary tuberculosis that progressed from tuberculous spondylitis with iliopsoas abscess

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2151-2155

  Namisato, Shun ^a,b   Nakasone, Chikara ^a,b   Okudaira, Shoko ^a   Touyama, Masato ^a   Ishikawa, Naoki ^a   Higa, Hajime ^c   Fujita, Jiro ^b  

^a Yonabaru Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afebrile; Miliary tuberculosis; Tuberculous spondylitis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; ILIOPSOAS ABSCESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSOAS ABSCESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 77958099611     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3792     Document Type: Article

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