[A rare presentation of tuberculosis. Miliary tuberculosis in a immunocompetent patient].
Currently, miliary TB has a higher incidence among the elderly and immunodepressed patients, and exceptionally in young adults. A case of miliary tuberculosis was diagnosed in a young immunocompetent patient without using invasive techniques. The clinical and diagnostic implications will be discussed.
Lado Lado
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FL
Servicio de Medicina Interna. Departamento de Medicina. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña. Spain. flado@usc.es
Pérez Herbón
M
M
Rodríguez Constenla
I
I
De la Fuente Cid
R
R
Ferreiro Regueiro
M J
MJ
Rodríguez López
I
I
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology