Tuberculose miliar Revisão de casos internados numa Unidade de Tuberculose

ABSTRACTNow a days, Miliary Tuberculosis (TM) refers to all forms of progressive disease resulting from massive dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.This is a retrospective analysis of all TM cases in a Tuberculosis Unit of a Central Hospital between April 1999 and November 2001.The mean age was 37,7±13,1years and 78% were Human Immunodefiency Virus co-infected patients.The results show the difficulty in the diagnosis of TM and alert for correct diagnostic methods.REV PORT PNEUMOL 2002; VIII (4): 315-32