title: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with fever of unknown origin: clinical features and diagnosis.
abstract: One hundred twenty-nine patients with extra-pulmonary tuberculosis admitted at the Abbassia Fever Hospital, NAMRU-3 during a seven year period (1991 to 1997) are described. Tuberculous peritonitis was diagnosed in 35 patients, tuberculous lymphadenitis in 32, intestinal tuberculosis in 19, genito-urinary tuberculosis in 14, skeletal tuberculosis in 13, disseminated miliary tuberculosis in 11, and splenic tuberculosis in 5 patients. The clinical picture included fever, and weight loss accompanied by anaemia and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate in all patients.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Farid
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mousa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sultan
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Antosek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000382:microbiology; D001706:Biopsy; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002648:Child; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis; D014400:Tuberculosis, Splenic / Q000175:diagnosis; D014401:Tuberculosis, Urogenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D015431:Weight Loss