[An uncommon cause of persistent fever in France].
Miliary tuberculosis is rare and requires rapid diagnosis. Outcome is fatal in 25% of the cases. Since radiography and laboratory tests contribute little to early diagnosis, clinical findings are primordial. Antituberculosis antibiotic therapy is frequently started before microbiological confirmation of the diagnosis.
Service de Pneumologie, HIA Laveran, Marseille, France.
B
B
Graffin
G
G
N'guyen
J
J
Maslin
A
A
Raillat
P
P
Heno
P
P
Kraemer
J
J
Miltgen
D
D
Bonnet
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology