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Definition of Miliary tuberculosis
1. Noun. Acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream).
Medical Definition of Miliary tuberculosis
1. Usually a chronic tuberculosis infection where spread of the original primary infection has occurred via the patients lymphatic system (or bloodstream). Disseminated disease occurs primarily in the immunocompromised individual (for example AIDS, cancer patient). The elderly are at increased risk for dissemination. In disseminated disease, organs and tissues that can be affected include pericardium, peritoneum, larynx, bronchus, bone, joints, lymph nodes, stomach, meninges, eyes, kidneys and skin. Treatment is with INH, rifampin, ethambutol and other antibiotics. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miliary Tuberculosis
Literary usage of Miliary tuberculosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"Clinical diagnosis, acute miliary tuberculosis. At least six examinations were
negative for the tubercle bacillus. At autopsy there was found acute miliary ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"Speaking histologically, miliary tuberculosis is nothing else than a ...
ACUTE miliary tuberculosis The modern knowledge of this remarkable form dates from ..."
3. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"Spleen: Splenomegaly undetermined type; probably miliary tuberculosis. Intestines:
Edema. ... miliary tuberculosis and granulo- mata with fibrosis. ..."
4. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"I have sometimes found, in the peritoneum, a second form of tuberculosis, of a
subacute character—if, & miliary tuberculosis—with repeated recurrences. ..."
5. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1913)
"In the lungs, for instance, without consolidation and without cavity, miliary
tuberculosis may be strongly suspected, but not easily proved. ..."
6. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1886)
"Acute miliary tuberculosis is a form of tuberculosis which we are justified in
describing particularly because of its anatomical relations and of its ..."
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