A domestic case of pediatric miliary tuberculosis
AE Galvis, B Batoczki, IS Pecson, Children’s Lung Specialists, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, T. F. Sellers, Edmund Goroza, Craig Nakamura
Archives of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2022-12
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Among children, TB can have a wide range of non-specific clinical and radiological manifestations becoming a challenging diagnosis, particularly in areas with a low prevalence. We present the case of a 14 month-old female with a history of fever of unknown origin (FUO) and later diagnosed with miliary tuberculosis.
MeSH terms
- Miliary tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Medicine
- Radiological weapon
- Pediatrics
- Infectious agent
- Intensive care medicine