title: Acute tuberculous pneumonia.
abstract: A case of acute tuberculous pneumonia diagnosed by transbronchial biopsy is presented. We postulate that the unusually rapid progression was due to an exudative hypersensitivity reaction to aspirated tuberculoprotein.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis