A case of cryptic miliary tuberculosis mimicking cholecystitis with sepsis

Authors
Siemann, M Rabenhorst, G Bramann, A Renk, C
Citation
M. Siemann et al., A case of cryptic miliary tuberculosis mimicking cholecystitis with sepsis, INFECTION, 27(1), 1999, pp. 44-45
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
INFECTION
ISSN journal
03008126 → ACNP
Volume
27
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
44 - 45
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8126(199901/02)27:1<44:ACOCMT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Miliary tuberculosis is a rare form of tuberculosis in industrialized count ries. We report on a 69-year-old woman presenting a sepsis syndrome caused by cryptic miliary tuberculosis clinically mimicking a case of cholecystiti s with sepsis. The patient died of a multi-organ failure on day 6 of her ho spital stay.