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Miliary tuberculosis

MedGen UID:
21726
Concept ID:
C0041321
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Miliary Tuberculoses; Miliary Tuberculosis; Tuberculoses, Miliary; Tuberculosis, Miliary
SNOMED CT: MTB - Miliary tuberculosis (47604008); Miliary tuberculosis (47604008)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005848

Definition

Clinical disease resulting from hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli. Originally described by the appearance of millet seed-like granulomas in the lungs, its progression from sustained bacteremia to extrapulmonary involvement is suggestive of a poor prognosis. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMiliary tuberculosis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Athimni S, Slouma M, Dhahri R, Gharsallah I, Metoui L, Louzir B
Curr Drug Saf 2022;17(3):235-240. doi: 10.2174/1574886316666211109092354. PMID: 34751125
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Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2018 Nov;16(11):813-831. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2018.1540930. PMID: 30359140
Nachiappan AC, Rahbar K, Shi X, Guy ES, Mortani Barbosa EJ Jr, Shroff GS, Ocazionez D, Schlesinger AE, Katz SI, Hammer MM
Radiographics 2017 Jan-Feb;37(1):52-72. doi: 10.1148/rg.2017160032. PMID: 28076011

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Choe J, Jung KH, Park JH, Kim SH, Kim MY
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Feb 26;100(8):e23833. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000023833. PMID: 33663042Free PMC Article
Nachiappan AC, Rahbar K, Shi X, Guy ES, Mortani Barbosa EJ Jr, Shroff GS, Ocazionez D, Schlesinger AE, Katz SI, Hammer MM
Radiographics 2017 Jan-Feb;37(1):52-72. doi: 10.1148/rg.2017160032. PMID: 28076011
Pérez-Jacoiste Asín MA, Fernández-Ruiz M, López-Medrano F, Lumbreras C, Tejido Á, San Juan R, Arrebola-Pajares A, Lizasoain M, Prieto S, Aguado JM
Medicine (Baltimore) 2014 Oct;93(17):236-254. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000119. PMID: 25398060Free PMC Article
Golden MP, Vikram HR
Am Fam Physician 2005 Nov 1;72(9):1761-8. PMID: 16300038
Carrol ED, Clark JE, Cant AJ
Paediatr Respir Rev 2001 Jun;2(2):113-9. doi: 10.1053/prrv.2000.0118. PMID: 12531057

Diagnosis

Choe J, Jung KH, Park JH, Kim SH, Kim MY
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Feb 26;100(8):e23833. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000023833. PMID: 33663042Free PMC Article
Tan RZ, Mohd Nor F, Shafie S, Tan LJ
Forensic Sci Med Pathol 2019 Mar;15(1):151-154. Epub 2018 Oct 6 doi: 10.1007/s12024-018-0026-3. PMID: 30293222
Vélez-Tirado N, Cote-Orozco JE
Pediatr Neurol 2018 Apr;81:51. Epub 2017 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.12.004. PMID: 29398165
Sharma SK, Mohan A
Microbiol Spectr 2017 Mar;5(2) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0013-2016. PMID: 28281441
Restrepo CS, Katre R, Mumbower A
Radiol Clin North Am 2016 May;54(3):453-73. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2015.12.007. PMID: 27153783

Therapy

Taleuzzaman M, Kumar V
Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov 2017;12(2):138-146. doi: 10.2174/1574891X12666171006104430. PMID: 28990538
Sharma SK, Mohan A
Microbiol Spectr 2017 Mar;5(2) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TNMI7-0013-2016. PMID: 28281441
Liu A, Nicol E, Hu Y, Coates A
Int J Cardiol 2013 Aug 10;167(3):640-5. Epub 2012 Sep 26 doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.08.009. PMID: 23021600
Andreu J, Mauleón S, Pallisa E, Majó J, Martinez-Rodriguez M, Cáceres J
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 2002 Sep-Oct;31(5):189-97. PMID: 12419999
Carrol ED, Clark JE, Cant AJ
Paediatr Respir Rev 2001 Jun;2(2):113-9. doi: 10.1053/prrv.2000.0118. PMID: 12531057

Prognosis

Chakaya J, Petersen E, Nantanda R, Mungai BN, Migliori GB, Amanullah F, Lungu P, Ntoumi F, Kumarasamy N, Maeurer M, Zumla A
Int J Infect Dis 2022 Nov;124 Suppl 1:S26-S29. Epub 2022 Mar 20 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.011. PMID: 35321845Free PMC Article
Pérez-Jacoiste Asín MA, Fernández-Ruiz M, López-Medrano F, Lumbreras C, Tejido Á, San Juan R, Arrebola-Pajares A, Lizasoain M, Prieto S, Aguado JM
Medicine (Baltimore) 2014 Oct;93(17):236-254. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000119. PMID: 25398060Free PMC Article
Liu A, Nicol E, Hu Y, Coates A
Int J Cardiol 2013 Aug 10;167(3):640-5. Epub 2012 Sep 26 doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.08.009. PMID: 23021600
Golden MP, Vikram HR
Am Fam Physician 2005 Nov 1;72(9):1761-8. PMID: 16300038
Carrol ED, Clark JE, Cant AJ
Paediatr Respir Rev 2001 Jun;2(2):113-9. doi: 10.1053/prrv.2000.0118. PMID: 12531057

Clinical prediction guides

Global Tuberculosis Network and TB/COVID-19 Global Study Group, Casco N, Jorge AL, Palmero DJ, Alffenaar JW, Fox GJ, Ezz W, Cho JG, Denholm J, Skrahina A, Solodovnikova V, Arbex MA, Alves T, Rabahi MF, Pereira GR, Sales R, Silva DR, Saffie MM, Salinas NE, Miranda RC, Cisterna C, Concha C, Fernandez I, Villalón C, Vera CG, Tapia PG, Cancino V, Carbonell M, Cruz A, Muñoz E, Muñoz C, Navarro I, Pizarro R, Cristina Sánchez GP, Vergara Riquelme MS, Vilca E, Soto A, Flores X, Garavagno A, Bahamondes MH, Merino LM, Pradenas AM, Revillot ME, Rodriguez P, Salinas AS, Taiba C, Valdés JF, Subiabre JN, Ortega C, Palma S, Castillo PP, Pinto M, Bidegain FR, Venegas M, Yucra E, Li Y, Cruz A, Guelvez B, Victoria Plaza R, Tello Hoyos KY, Cardoso-Landivar J, Van Den Boom M, Andréjak C, Blanc FX, Dourmane S, Froissart A, Izadifar A, Rivière F, Schlemmer F, Manika K, Diallo BD, Hassane-Harouna S, Artiles N, Mejia LA, Gupta N, Ish P, Mishra G, Patel JM, Singla R, Udwadia ZF, Alladio F, Angeli F, Calcagno A, Centis R, Codecasa LR, De Lauretis A, Esposito SMR, Formenti B, Gaviraghi A, Giacomet V, Goletti D, Gualano G, Matteelli A, Migliori GB, Motta I, Palmieri F, Pontali E, Prestileo T, Riccardi N, Saderi L, Saporiti M, Sotgiu G, Spanevello A, Stochino C, Tadolini M, Torre A, Villa S, Visca D, Kurhasani X, Furjani M, Rasheed N, Danila E, Diktanas S, Ridaura RL, Luna López FL, Torrico MM, Rendon A, Akkerman OW, Chizaram O, Al-Abri S, Alyaquobi F, Althohli K, Aguirre S, Teixeira RC, De Egea V, Irala S, Medina A, Sequera G, Sosa N, Vázquez F, Llanos-Tejada FK, Manga S, Villanueva-Villegas R, Araujo D, Sales Marques RD, Socaci A, Barkanova O, Bogorodskaya M, Borisov S, Mariandyshev A, Kaluzhenina A, Vukicevic TA, Stosic M, Beh D, Ng D, Ong CWM, Solovic I, Dheda K, Gina P, Caminero JA, De Souza Galvão ML, Dominguez-Castellano A, García-García JM, Pinargote IM, Fernandez SQ, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Huguet ET, Murguiondo MZ, Bart PA, Mazza-Stalder J, D'Ambrosio L, Kamolwat P, Bakko F, Barnacle J, Bird S, Brown A, Chandran S, Killington K, Man K, Papineni P, Ritchie F, Tiberi S, Utjesanovic N, Zenner D, Hearn JL, Heysell S, Young L
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Dong S, Zhou R, Peng E, He R
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022;12:885865. Epub 2022 Jul 11 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.885865. PMID: 35899049Free PMC Article
Mert A, Arslan F, Kuyucu T, Koç EN, Yilmaz M, Turan D, Altin S, Pehlivanoglu F, Sengoz G, Yildiz D, Dokmetas I, Komur S, Kurtaran B, Demirdal T, Erdem HA, Sipahi OR, Batirel A, Parlak E, Tekin R, Tunçcan ÖG, Balkan II, Hayran O, Ceylan B
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Pérez-Jacoiste Asín MA, Fernández-Ruiz M, López-Medrano F, Lumbreras C, Tejido Á, San Juan R, Arrebola-Pajares A, Lizasoain M, Prieto S, Aguado JM
Medicine (Baltimore) 2014 Oct;93(17):236-254. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000119. PMID: 25398060Free PMC Article
Kathuria S, Ramesh V
G Ital Dermatol Venereol 2010 Apr;145(2):289-302. PMID: 20467401

Recent systematic reviews

Alemu A, Bitew ZW, Seid G, Diriba G, Gashu E, Berhe N, Mariam SH, Gumi B
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Rajagopala S, Sankari S, Kancherla R, Ramanathan RP, Balalakshmoji D
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Mangtani P, Abubakar I, Ariti C, Beynon R, Pimpin L, Fine PE, Rodrigues LC, Smith PG, Lipman M, Whiting PF, Sterne JA
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Barreto ML, Pereira SM, Ferreira AA
J Pediatr (Rio J) 2006 Jul;82(3 Suppl):S45-54. doi: 10.2223/JPED.1499. PMID: 16826312

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