Acute miliary tuberculosis of multiple sites

Definition

A disease caused by an infection with the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is disseminated through the body, and affecting multiple body sites. This disease is characterised by numerous small lesions of 1-5 millimetre(s) in more than one organ, and fever. Transmission is commonly by inhalation of infected respiratory secretions. Confirmation is by radiography, advanced imaging, ultrasonography, and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, depending on the sites affected.

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