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Disseminated tuberculosis associated with ruxolitinib.
Disseminated tuberculosis is rare in developed countries but has a strong correlation with widespread use of immunosuppressive drugs, the HIV status, and immigration patterns.
We performed a retrospective case record study to describe clinical and pathological characteristics, as well as treatment outcomes of HIV-infected patients with
disseminated tuberculosis from the Regional HIV/AIDS Center Constanta, Romania, and to determine associated risk factors.
tuberculosis for children less than two years of age, with a risk of progression to
disseminated tuberculosis and meningitis from 10 to 20% and tuberculosis in general of 50%, makes it essential to diagnose latent M.
One obvious reason is that we fail to recognise what can be subtle changes of motor or cognitive function in patients who are battling more acute illnesses (such as
disseminated tuberculosis).
Common examples of non-respiratory tuberculosis are tuberculous lymphadenopathy, tuberculous meningitis and
disseminated tuberculosis.
A majority of the tuberculosis cases occurring in the course of various autoimmune and rheumatologic diseases, including Behcet's disease, have been associated with the use of TNF-a blockers.[4-6] Therefore, performing screenings for tuberculosis before these treatments and administering prophylaxis upon detection of latent tuberculosis is required.[4,7] Despite negative screening and isoniazid prophylaxis, tuberculosis cases have been reported.[5-7] In the present case, the patient experienced severe
disseminated tuberculosis despite never using a TNF-a blocker.
Abdominal ultrasound findings of
disseminated tuberculosis in AIDS.
In
disseminated tuberculosis, foci of specific lesions (granulomas) comprised large central zones of caseous necrosis surrounded by a few inflammatory cells.