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This severe form of TB disease, most common in young children and those with HIV, is called miliary tuberculosis. [97] People with this disseminated TB have a high fatality rate even with treatment (about 30%). [53] [98] In many people, the infection waxes and wanes. Tissue destruction and necrosis are often balanced by healing and fibrosis. [94]
The poet John Keats, here depicted by William Hilton c. 1822, died of tuberculosis aged 25.. Tuberculosis, known variously as consumption, phthisis, and the great white plague, was long thought to be associated with poetic and artistic qualities in its sufferers, and was also known as "the romantic disease". [2]
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Miliary tuberculosis is a form of tuberculosis that is characterized by a wide dissemination into the human body and by the tiny size of the lesions (1–5 mm). Its name comes from a distinctive pattern seen on a chest radiograph of many tiny spots distributed throughout the lung fields with the appearance similar to millet seeds—thus the term "miliary" tuberculosis.
TB is the world’s leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, with the World Health Organisation estimating that 10.8 million people were ill with the disease in 2023. Show comments ...
TVC is one of the many forms of cutaneous tuberculosis, such as the tuberculous chancre (which results from the cutaneous inoculation in immunocompetent people without previous exposure), and the reactivation cutaneous tuberculosis (the most common form, which appears in previously infected patients).
Tuberculosis creates cavities visible in x-rays like this one in the patient's right upper lobe.. A posterior-anterior (PA) chest X-ray is the standard view used; other views (lateral or lordotic) or CT scans may be necessary.
The woman was given a TB skin test upon her arrival at Richwood which tested “highly positive” on July 23. A chest x-ray also showed signs of “active TB,” according to the complaint.