Items tagged “pulmonary infection”
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Primary pulmonary tuberculosis
Primary pulmonary tuberculosis is seen in patients not previously exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Epidemiology
It is most common in infants and children and has the highest prevalence in children under 5 years of age 1.
Pathology
Infection is the result of droplet inhalation from a cl...
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Post-primary pulmonary tuberculosis
Post-primary tuberculosis is also known as reactivation tuberculosis or secondary tuberculosis. The typical upper zone predominant destructive pneumonia is due to an adaptive immune response in an immunocompetent host 1.
Pathology
Location
The upper zone predominance of pulmonary cavitation c...
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Miliary tuberculosis
Miliary tuberculosis is an uncommon pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis.
Pathology
Miliary tuberculosis represents hematogenous dissemination of uncontrolled tuberculous infection and carries a relatively poor prognosis. It is seen in primary and post-primary tuberculosis and may be associ...