title: Acute tuberculosis.
abstract: Both primary and reactivation tuberculosis may present as an acute process and mimic community-acquired pneumonia. Tuberculosis should always be included in the initial differential diagnosis, and suspicion should be heightened by a variety of clinical and epidemiologic clues, as well as by multiple underlying conditions. This article reviews the pathophysiology, risk factors, and clinical manifestations of acute presentations of tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. dschloss@ix.netcom.com
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schlossberg
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy