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==Medical Therapy==
==Test==
The treatment of [[anthrax]] infection includes [[antimicrobial]] and [[antitoxin]] agents. This treatment and postexposure [[prophylaxis]] differs from other [[bacterial infections]] because:
* Production of [[toxin]]
* Potential [[antibiotic resistance]]
* Frequent occurrence of [[meningitis]]
* Presence of latent [[spores]] must be taken into account when selecting postexposure [[prophylaxis]] or a combination of [[antibiotics]] for treatment of [[anthrax]].
Hospitalized patients for systemic [[anthrax]] should be immediately treated with a combination of [[broad-spectrum]] [[intravenous]] [[antimicrobial drug]] treatment pending confirmatory test results because any delay may prove fatal.


Because [[meningitis]] and hemorrhagic brain parenchymal [[infection]] was observed in ≤50% of cases, [[meningitis]] must be considered in all cases of systemic [[anthrax]]. Therefore [[antibiotics]] to treat possible [[meningitis]] must have good penetration of the [[central nervous system]] (CNS).
==Parenchymal lesions==
*Tuberculoma
:* Single or multiple lesions of > 0.5 cm
:* May occur in primary or secundary TB
:* Main finding on Chest X-ray in 5% cases of secondary TB<ref name="pmid3484866">{{cite journal| author=Woodring JH, Vandiviere HM, Fried AM, Dillon ML, Williams TD, Melvin IG| title=Update: the radiographic features of pulmonary tuberculosis. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 1986 | volume= 146 | issue= 3 | pages= 497-506 | pmid=3484866 | doi=10.2214/ajr.146.3.497 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3484866  }} </ref>
:* Results from the surrounding of M. tuberculosis with inflammatory or connective tissue.<ref name="pmid8456658">{{cite journal| author=Lee KS, Song KS, Lim TH, Kim PN, Kim IY, Lee BH| title=Adult-onset pulmonary tuberculosis: findings on chest radiographs and CT scans. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 1993 | volume= 160 | issue= 4 | pages= 753-8 | pmid=8456658 | doi=10.2214/ajr.160.4.8456658 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8456658  }} </ref><ref name="pmid472765">{{cite journal| author=Palmer PE| title=Pulmonary tuberculosis--usual and unusual radiographic presentations. | journal=Semin Roentgenol | year= 1979 | volume= 14 | issue= 3 | pages= 204-43 | pmid=472765 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=472765  }} </ref><ref name="pmid3484866">{{cite journal| author=Woodring JH, Vandiviere HM, Fried AM, Dillon ML, Williams TD, Melvin IG| title=Update: the radiographic features of pulmonary tuberculosis. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 1986 | volume= 146 | issue= 3 | pages= 497-506 | pmid=3484866 | doi=10.2214/ajr.146.3.497 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3484866  }} </ref>
:* The center of the tuberculoma is often necrotic
:* Satellite lesions (80%)
:* Nodular or diffused calcifications in 20-30% cases<ref name="pmid8456658">{{cite journal| author=Lee KS, Song KS, Lim TH, Kim PN, Kim IY, Lee BH| title=Adult-onset pulmonary tuberculosis: findings on chest radiographs and CT scans. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 1993 | volume= 160 | issue= 4 | pages= 753-8 | pmid=8456658 | doi=10.2214/ajr.160.4.8456658 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8456658  }} </ref>
*Thin-walled cavity
:* Present in active and inactive disease
:* May regress after treatment
:* Air-filled sect may persist<ref>{{cite book | last = Fraser | first = Richard | title = Synopsis of diseases of the chest | publisher = W.B. Saunders | location = Philadelphia | year = 1994 | isbn = 0721636691 }}</ref>
:* May be misidentified as an emphysematous bulla or pneumatocelle.
*Cicatrization:
:* Common in secondary TB
:* Marked fibrosis in ≤40% of secondary TB cases, which may present as:
::*Upper love atelectasis
::*Compensatory hyperinflation of the lower lobe
::*Hilar retraction
::*Mediastinal shift
*Unspecific X-Ray findings:<ref name="pmid11452057">{{cite journal| author=Kim HY, Song KS, Goo JM, Lee JS, Lee KS, Lim TH| title=Thoracic sequelae and complications of tuberculosis. | journal=Radiographics | year= 2001 | volume= 21 | issue= 4 | pages= 839-58; discussion 859-60 | pmid=11452057 | doi=10.1148/radiographics.21.4.g01jl06839 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11452057  }} </ref>
::*Parenchymal bands
::*Fibrotic cavities
::*Fibrotic nodules
::*Traction bronchiectasis
*Lung Destruction:<ref name="pmid11452057">{{cite journal| author=Kim HY, Song KS, Goo JM, Lee JS, Lee KS, Lim TH| title=Thoracic sequelae and complications of tuberculosis. | journal=Radiographics | year= 2001 | volume= 21 | issue= 4 | pages= 839-58; discussion 859-60 | pmid=11452057 | doi=10.1148/radiographics.21.4.g01jl06839 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11452057  }} </ref>
:*Common in end-stage of TB
:*Involvement of the airways and parenchyma
:*May follow primary TB or secondary TB
:*Spreads across the lung with cavitation and fibrosis<ref name="pmid8456658">{{cite journal| author=Lee KS, Song KS, Lim TH, Kim PN, Kim IY, Lee BH| title=Adult-onset pulmonary tuberculosis: findings on chest radiographs and CT scans. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 1993 | volume= 160 | issue= 4 | pages= 753-8 | pmid=8456658 | doi=10.2214/ajr.160.4.8456658 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8456658  }} </ref>
:*Concomitant infection with bacteria or bacteria may occur
:*Complicates assessment of TB activity in the lung with the X-ray.
*[[Aspergilloma]]
:*Mass of hyphae, cell debris and mucus, commonly located in a cavity or bronchus<ref name="pmid8744521">{{cite journal| author=Logan PM, Müller NL| title=CT manifestations of pulmonary aspergillosis. | journal=Crit Rev Diagn Imaging | year= 1996 | volume= 37 | issue= 1 | pages= 1-37 | pmid=8744521 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8744521  }} </ref><ref name="pmid8838945">{{cite journal| author=Miller WT| title=Aspergillosis: a disease with many faces. | journal=Semin Roentgenol | year= 1996 | volume= 31 | issue= 1 | pages= 52-66 | pmid=8838945 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8838945  }} </ref><ref name="pmid8577955">{{cite journal| author=Thompson BH, Stanford W, Galvin JR, Kurihara Y| title=Varied radiologic appearances of pulmonary aspergillosis. | journal=Radiographics | year= 1995 | volume= 15 | issue= 6 | pages= 1273-84 | pmid=8577955 | doi=10.1148/radiographics.15.6.8577955 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8577955  }} </ref>
:*Previous history of chronic cavitary TB in 25-55% of cases presenting with [[aspergilloma]]
:*Frequently courses with [[hemoptysis]] (50-90%)
:*X-ray shows a mobile mass ringed by an air shadow 
:*CT shows a mobile mass, generally interspaced with air shadows
:*May be calcified
*Bronchogenic carcinoma<ref name="pmid11452057">{{cite journal| author=Kim HY, Song KS, Goo JM, Lee JS, Lee KS, Lim TH| title=Thoracic sequelae and complications of tuberculosis. | journal=Radiographics | year= 2001 | volume= 21 | issue= 4 | pages= 839-58; discussion 859-60 | pmid=11452057 | doi=10.1148/radiographics.21.4.g01jl06839 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11452057  }} </ref>


Because of the presence of a [[spore]] form of [[Bacillus anthracis]], [[antibiotic therapy]] should be continued for 60 days to clear germinating organisms
:*May be misinterpreted as TB progression
:*Scar formation in TB may lead to carcinoma
:*May cause reactivation of TB<ref name="pmid4975011">{{cite journal| author=Snider GL, Placik B| title=The relationship between pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchogenic carcinoma. A topographic study. | journal=Am Rev Respir Dis | year= 1969 | volume= 99 | issue= 2 | pages= 229-36 | pmid=4975011 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=4975011  }} </ref><ref name="pmid1265261">{{cite journal| author=Ting YM, Church WR, Ravikrishnan KP| title=Lung carcinoma superimposed on pulmonary tuberculosis. | journal=Radiology | year= 1976 | volume= 119 | issue= 2 | pages= 307-12 | pmid=1265261 | doi=10.1148/119.2.307 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1265261  }} </ref>


==Antimicrobial Treatment==
==Airway Lesions==
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===Antimicrobial Treatment for Systemic Disease with Possible Meningitis===
==Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diarrhea==
Acute inflammatory diarrhea may be caused by different pathogens. Bellow is a table describing some of these pathogens in terms of transmission and symptoms:<ref name="pmid14702426">{{cite journal| author=Thielman NM, Guerrant RL| title=Clinical practice. Acute infectious diarrhea. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2004 | volume= 350 | issue= 1 | pages= 38-47 | pmid=14702426 | doi=10.1056/NEJMcp031534 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14702426  }} </ref><ref name="pmid15537721">{{cite journal| author=Khan AM, Faruque AS, Hossain MS, Sattar S, Fuchs GJ, Salam MA| title=Plesiomonas shigelloides-associated diarrhoea in Bangladeshi children: a hospital-based surveillance study. | journal=J Trop Pediatr | year= 2004 | volume= 50 | issue= 6 | pages= 354-6 | pmid=15537721 | doi=10.1093/tropej/50.6.354 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15537721  }} </ref>


===Antimicrobial Treatment for Systemic Disease If Meningitis Is Ruled Out===
{| style="border: 0px; font-size: 90%; margin: 3px;" align=center
! style="background: #4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" rowspan=2 | {{fontcolor|#FFFFFF|Pathogen}}
! style="background: #4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" rowspan=2  | {{fontcolor|#FFFFFF|Transmission}}
! style="background: #4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" colspan=4 | {{fontcolor|#FFFFFF|Clinical Manifestations}}
|-
! style="background: #4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFFFFF|Fever}}
! style="background: #4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFFFFF|Nausea/Vomiting}}
! style="background: #4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFFFFF|Abdominal Pain}}
! style="background: #4479BA; padding: 5px 5px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFFFFF|Bloody Stool}}
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold;" | ''[[Salmonella]]''
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Foodborne transmission, community-acquired
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold;" | ''[[Shigella]]''
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Community-acquired, person-to-person
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold;" | ''[[Campylobacter]]''
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Community-acquired, ingestion of undercooked poultry
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold;" | [[Escherichia coli|''E. coli'' (EHEC or EIEC)]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Foodborne transmission, ingestion of undercooked hamburger meat
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ±
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold;" | ''[[Clostridium difficile]]''
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Nosocomial spread, antibiotic use
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ±
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold;" | ''[[Yersinia]]''
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Community-aquired, foodborne transmission
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold;" | ''[[Entamoeba histolytica]]''
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Travel to or emigration from tropical regions
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ±
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ±
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold;" | ''[[Aeromonas]]''
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Ingestion of contaminated water
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold;" | ''[[Plesiomonas]]''
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Ingestion of contaminated water or undercooked shellfish, travel to tropical regions
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ±
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | ++
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | +
|}


===Follow-up Oral Treatment for Systemic Disease===
==References==
Once patients with systemic illness who were exposed to aerosolized [[spores]] have completed initial combination treatment, they should be transitioned to single-agent oral treatment to prevent relapse from surviving [[Bacillus anthracis]] [[spores]].
{{reflist|2}}
 
===Treatment for Cutaneous Anthrax without Systemic Involvement===
 
==Antitoxins==
An [[antitoxin]] should be added to combination [[antibiotic]] treatment for any patient for whom there is a high level of clinical suspicion for systemic [[anthrax]]. Given that systemic [[anthrax]] has a high case-fatality rate and the risk for [[antitoxin]] treatment appears to be low, the potential benefit achieved by adding [[antitoxin]] to combination [[antibiotic]] treatment outweighs the potential risk.
 
Currently there are 2 antitoxins in the CDC Strategic National Stockpile: [[raxibacumab]] and [[Anthrax Immune Globulin Intravenous]] ([[AIGIV]]). Both [[antitoxins]] inhibit binding of Protective Antigen (PA) to [[anthrax toxin]] receptors and translocation of the 2 primary toxins (Lethal Toxin (LT) and Edema Toxin (ET)) into [[cells]].
 
===Raxibacumab===
[[Raxibacumab]] is a recombinant, fully humanized, IgG1λ [[monoclonal antibody]]. It appeared safe and well tolerated in 333 healthy adults who received the recommended dose of 40 mg/kg.
 
Most [[adverse events]] were transient and mild to moderate in severity. [[Pruritis]] was noted in 2.1% of persons treated with [[raxibacumab]] and in none treated with [[placebo]]. Although [[raxibacumab]] has not been given to patients with systemic anthrax, it is FDA-approved for postexposure [[prophylaxis]] PEP and treatment for anthrax under the Animal Rule Summary
 
===Anthrax Immune Globulin===
AIGIV is a human polyclonal [[antiserum]] made from [[plasma]] of persons immunized with Anthrax Vaccine Absorbed (AVA), which might have some direct effect on Lethal Factor (LF) and Edema Factor (EF). It was evaluated in 74 healthy adult volunteers and appears safe and well tolerated at all doses tested.
 
The most frequently reported [[adverse events]] were [[headache]]  pharyngolaryngeal pain, and [[nausea]].
 
==Supportive Treatment==

Latest revision as of 18:19, 16 September 2014

Test

Parenchymal lesions

  • Tuberculoma
  • Single or multiple lesions of > 0.5 cm
  • May occur in primary or secundary TB
  • Main finding on Chest X-ray in 5% cases of secondary TB[1]
  • Results from the surrounding of M. tuberculosis with inflammatory or connective tissue.[2][3][1]
  • The center of the tuberculoma is often necrotic
  • Satellite lesions (80%)
  • Nodular or diffused calcifications in 20-30% cases[2]
  • Thin-walled cavity
  • Present in active and inactive disease
  • May regress after treatment
  • Air-filled sect may persist[4]
  • May be misidentified as an emphysematous bulla or pneumatocelle.
  • Cicatrization:
  • Common in secondary TB
  • Marked fibrosis in ≤40% of secondary TB cases, which may present as:
  • Upper love atelectasis
  • Compensatory hyperinflation of the lower lobe
  • Hilar retraction
  • Mediastinal shift
  • Unspecific X-Ray findings:[5]
  • Parenchymal bands
  • Fibrotic cavities
  • Fibrotic nodules
  • Traction bronchiectasis
  • Lung Destruction:[5]
  • Common in end-stage of TB
  • Involvement of the airways and parenchyma
  • May follow primary TB or secondary TB
  • Spreads across the lung with cavitation and fibrosis[2]
  • Concomitant infection with bacteria or bacteria may occur
  • Complicates assessment of TB activity in the lung with the X-ray.
  • Mass of hyphae, cell debris and mucus, commonly located in a cavity or bronchus[6][7][8]
  • Previous history of chronic cavitary TB in 25-55% of cases presenting with aspergilloma
  • Frequently courses with hemoptysis (50-90%)
  • X-ray shows a mobile mass ringed by an air shadow
  • CT shows a mobile mass, generally interspaced with air shadows
  • May be calcified
  • Bronchogenic carcinoma[5]
  • May be misinterpreted as TB progression
  • Scar formation in TB may lead to carcinoma
  • May cause reactivation of TB[9][10]

Airway Lesions

Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diarrhea

Acute inflammatory diarrhea may be caused by different pathogens. Bellow is a table describing some of these pathogens in terms of transmission and symptoms:[11][12]

Pathogen Transmission Clinical Manifestations
Fever Nausea/Vomiting Abdominal Pain Bloody Stool
Salmonella Foodborne transmission, community-acquired ++ + ++ +
Shigella Community-acquired, person-to-person ++ ++ ++ +
Campylobacter Community-acquired, ingestion of undercooked poultry ++ + ++ +
E. coli (EHEC or EIEC) Foodborne transmission, ingestion of undercooked hamburger meat ± + ++ ++
Clostridium difficile Nosocomial spread, antibiotic use + ± + +
Yersinia Community-aquired, foodborne transmission ++ + ++ +
Entamoeba histolytica Travel to or emigration from tropical regions + ± + ±
Aeromonas Ingestion of contaminated water ++ + ++ +
Plesiomonas Ingestion of contaminated water or undercooked shellfish, travel to tropical regions ± ++ + +

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Woodring JH, Vandiviere HM, Fried AM, Dillon ML, Williams TD, Melvin IG (1986). "Update: the radiographic features of pulmonary tuberculosis". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 146 (3): 497–506. doi:10.2214/ajr.146.3.497. PMID 3484866.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lee KS, Song KS, Lim TH, Kim PN, Kim IY, Lee BH (1993). "Adult-onset pulmonary tuberculosis: findings on chest radiographs and CT scans". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 160 (4): 753–8. doi:10.2214/ajr.160.4.8456658. PMID 8456658.
  3. Palmer PE (1979). "Pulmonary tuberculosis--usual and unusual radiographic presentations". Semin Roentgenol. 14 (3): 204–43. PMID 472765.
  4. Fraser, Richard (1994). Synopsis of diseases of the chest. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. ISBN 0721636691.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kim HY, Song KS, Goo JM, Lee JS, Lee KS, Lim TH (2001). "Thoracic sequelae and complications of tuberculosis". Radiographics. 21 (4): 839–58, discussion 859-60. doi:10.1148/radiographics.21.4.g01jl06839. PMID 11452057.
  6. Logan PM, Müller NL (1996). "CT manifestations of pulmonary aspergillosis". Crit Rev Diagn Imaging. 37 (1): 1–37. PMID 8744521.
  7. Miller WT (1996). "Aspergillosis: a disease with many faces". Semin Roentgenol. 31 (1): 52–66. PMID 8838945.
  8. Thompson BH, Stanford W, Galvin JR, Kurihara Y (1995). "Varied radiologic appearances of pulmonary aspergillosis". Radiographics. 15 (6): 1273–84. doi:10.1148/radiographics.15.6.8577955. PMID 8577955.
  9. Snider GL, Placik B (1969). "The relationship between pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchogenic carcinoma. A topographic study". Am Rev Respir Dis. 99 (2): 229–36. PMID 4975011.
  10. Ting YM, Church WR, Ravikrishnan KP (1976). "Lung carcinoma superimposed on pulmonary tuberculosis". Radiology. 119 (2): 307–12. doi:10.1148/119.2.307. PMID 1265261.
  11. Thielman NM, Guerrant RL (2004). "Clinical practice. Acute infectious diarrhea". N Engl J Med. 350 (1): 38–47. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp031534. PMID 14702426.
  12. Khan AM, Faruque AS, Hossain MS, Sattar S, Fuchs GJ, Salam MA (2004). "Plesiomonas shigelloides-associated diarrhoea in Bangladeshi children: a hospital-based surveillance study". J Trop Pediatr. 50 (6): 354–6. doi:10.1093/tropej/50.6.354. PMID 15537721.