Are pulmonary opacities a marker of pulmonary tuberculosis?

Marwah, Vikas; Barthwal,; Rajput, Ashok Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.mjafi.2013.02.002

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“…In the present study, 27% of the patients had only pulmonary symptoms, 34% had only systemic symptoms, and 36% had both pulmonary and systemic symptoms (15). Pulmonary TB cases are rarely asymptomatic, and their diagnosis is only possible through suspicion arising from radiological findings (3). In the present study, only three patients had no symptoms (1.2%), and their diagnoses were established through radiological monitoring and sputum smear.…”

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Factors Associated with High Grade Smear ARB Positivity Levels in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Taylan¹,

Yılmaz²,

Demir³

et al. 2016

West Indian Med J

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Objective: High grade level of smear acido-resistant bacilli (ARB) positivity has been linked to increased infectiousness in pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).The ability to predict infectiousness is important in the management of the disease. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between smear results, the clinical features and the levels of radiological involvement of TB Methods: 245 cases diagnosed with pulmonary TB were admitted to the study. Data, including age, sex, case definition, numbers and characteristics of symptoms, smear results, smear positivity grades and levels of radiological involvement were recorded. Relations between smear results and other data were determined via cluster tree and regression analysis Results: The group only with coughing had higher rates of both positive smear and high smear positivity level (p=0.014 and p=0.02, respectively) compared to the group without coughing. Similarly, the groups with moderate or high radiological involvement showed significantly higher rates of both positive smear and high smear positivity level when compared to the group exhibiting low radiological involvement (p<0.001). Conclusion: Patients with coughing and a moderate to high level of radiological involvement should be closely monitored due to their high level risk of transmission.

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“…The definitive diagnosis of PTB is made by observation of acido-resistant bacilli (ARB) in the sputum smear (3). An increased level of smear positivity is associated with increased infectiousness.…”

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Factors Associated with High Grade Smear ARB Positivity Levels in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Taylan¹,

Yılmaz²,

Demir³

et al. 2016

West Indian Med J

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“…Although PAP is a rare condition, physicians treating such patients should not make the diagnosis of tuberculosis on radiologic basis alone as it is inappropriate to treat these patients with ATT in the absence of microbiological confirmation. [ 20 ] Progressive dyspnea, worsening oxygenation, high serum LDH, and typical “crazy-paving” pattern on radiology[ 16 ] may be a helpful clue.…”

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confidence: 99%