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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[weakness]], [[weight loss]], [[fever]], and [[night sweats]] are common general symptoms of [[tuberculosis]]. Symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis include pulmonary tuberculosis [[cough]], [[hemoptysis]], and [[chest pain]]. It is difficult to [[Diagnosis|diagnose]] [[tuberculosis]] in [[children]], as these may lack the classic common findings. | |||
==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== | ||
Physicians should be mindful of the patient’s [[History and Physical examination|history]] of [[Tuberculosis|TB]] exposure, [[infection]], or [[disease]]. In addition, it is also important to consider [[demographic factors]] (e.g., country of origin, age, ethnic or racial group, occupation) that may increase the individual’s risk for TB exposure or to [[drug-resistant TB]]. Also, physicians should figure out other medical conditions that can decrease the [[immunity]], especially [[HIV]] infection, which increase the risk of latent [[TB]] infection progression to active TB disease. | |||
===Pulmonary Tuberculosis=== | ===Pulmonary Tuberculosis=== | ||
In case of active tuberculosis, 75% of the cases present with lung involvement. Suspect [[Pulmonary tuberculosis]] in any individual who has the following symptoms:<ref name="Mandell">{{cite book | last = Mandell | first = Gerald | title = Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases | publisher = Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 2010 | isbn = 0443068399 }}</ref> | |||
*[[Cough]] (most common symptom) | |||
:*Initially dry [[cough]] which progresses to productive. | |||
:*Persistent [[Cough, fever, and haemoptysis|cough]], often for more than three weeks. | |||
*[[Fever]] | |||
*[[Night sweats]] | |||
*Unexplained [[weight loss]] | |||
*[[Hemoptysis]] | |||
*[[Chest pain]] | *[[Chest pain]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Anorexia]] | ||
*[[Malaise]] | |||
*[[ | |||
*[[Chills]] | *[[Chills]] | ||
*[[Fatigue]] | *[[Fatigue]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Dyspnea]] | ||
*[[Lymphadenopathy]] | |||
===Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis=== | ===Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis=== | ||
* The rest of the active [[tuberculosis]] cases (other 25%) of active cases spread from the [[lungs]], causing other forms of TB that are more common in [[immunosuppressed]] individuals and young children. | |||
* [[disseminated]] TB is a serious form of TB that is also known as [[miliary tuberculosis]]. Extrapulmonary TB is not contagious; however, it may co-exist with pulmonary TB, that is contagious.<ref name="CDCcourse">[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC), Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. [http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/corecurr/default.htm Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know.] 4th edition (2000). Updated Aug 2003.</ref> | |||
All forms of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis | All forms of [[extra-pulmonary tuberculosis]] may present with the symptoms of [[pulmonary tuberculosis]] such as [[malaise]], [[night sweats]], [[cough]], [[weight loss]], and also may be associated with an active pulmonary infection. | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Tuberculous Lymphadenitis | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Tuberculous Lymphadenitis | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[Fever]], painless lymph node swelling. | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Skeletal Tuberculosis | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Pott's disease/Skeletal Tuberculosis | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[Low back pain]], [[stiffness]] | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[Low back pain]], [[stiffness]], pain in the affected joint or extremity, joint swelling, limited mobility. | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Central Nervous System Tuberculosis | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Central Nervous System Tuberculosis | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | [[Headache]], [[seizures]], [[weakness]], [[vomiting]]. | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[Headache]], [[seizures]], [[weakness]], [[vomiting]]. | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" | | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Tuberculous Peritonitis | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[Abdominal pain]], [[fever]], [[ascites]] | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Tuberculous Pericarditis | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Tuberculous Pericarditis | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | [[ | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[chest pain]],[[Shortness of breath]], [[cough]], [[pedal edema]]. | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Renal Tuberculosis | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Renal Tuberculosis | ||
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Symptoms of UTI | | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Symptoms of [[UTI]], include [[polyuria]], [[dysuria]], [[hematuria]], [[flank pain]]<br> Symptoms of [[obstructive uropathy]], such as [[oliguria]] or [[anuria]], pelvic pain. | ||
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5; | | colspan="2" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |<small>Adapted from Asian Spine J. Feb 2014; 8(1): 97–111<ref name="Moon2014">{{cite journal|last1=Moon|first1=Myung-Sang|title=Tuberculosis of Spine: Current Views in Diagnosis and Management|journal=Asian Spine Journal|volume=8|issue=1|year=2014|pages=97|issn=1976-1902|doi=10.4184/asj.2014.8.1.97}}</ref>; Handbook of Clinical Neurology<ref name="Garcia-Monco2014">{{cite journal|last1=Garcia-Monco|first1=Juan Carlos|title=Tuberculosis|volume=121|year=2014|pages=1485–1499|issn=00729752|doi=10.1016/B978-0-7020-4088-7.00100-0}}</ref>Circulation Dec 2005 vol.112 no.23 3608-3616<ref name="Mayosi2005">{{cite journal|last1=Mayosi|first1=B. M.|title=Tuberculous Pericarditis|journal=Circulation|volume=112|issue=23|year=2005|pages=3608–3616|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.543066}}</ref>; Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 vol. 88 no. 1 54-64<ref name="Daherda Silva Junior2013">{{cite journal|last1=Daher|first1=E. D. F.|last2=da Silva Junior|first2=G. B.|last3=Barros|first3=E. J. G.|title=Renal Tuberculosis in the Modern Era|journal=American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|volume=88|issue=1|year=2013|pages=54–64|issn=0002-9637|doi=10.4269/ajtmh.2013.12-0413}}</ref>; Clin Infect Dis.(2011)53(6):555-562.<ref name="FontanillaBarnes2011">{{cite journal|last1=Fontanilla|first1=J.-M.|last2=Barnes|first2=A.|last3=von Reyn|first3=C. F.|title=Current Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Tuberculous Lymphadenitis|journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases|volume=53|issue=6|year=2011|pages=555–562|issn=1058-4838|doi=10.1093/cid/cir454}}</ref></small> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
weakness, weight loss, fever, and night sweats are common general symptoms of tuberculosis. Symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis include pulmonary tuberculosis cough, hemoptysis, and chest pain. It is difficult to diagnose tuberculosis in children, as these may lack the classic common findings.
History and Symptoms
Physicians should be mindful of the patient’s history of TB exposure, infection, or disease. In addition, it is also important to consider demographic factors (e.g., country of origin, age, ethnic or racial group, occupation) that may increase the individual’s risk for TB exposure or to drug-resistant TB. Also, physicians should figure out other medical conditions that can decrease the immunity, especially HIV infection, which increase the risk of latent TB infection progression to active TB disease.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
In case of active tuberculosis, 75% of the cases present with lung involvement. Suspect Pulmonary tuberculosis in any individual who has the following symptoms:[1]
- Cough (most common symptom)
- Fever
- Night sweats
- Unexplained weight loss
- Hemoptysis
- Chest pain
- Anorexia
- Malaise
- Chills
- Fatigue
- Dyspnea
- Lymphadenopathy
Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- The rest of the active tuberculosis cases (other 25%) of active cases spread from the lungs, causing other forms of TB that are more common in immunosuppressed individuals and young children.
- disseminated TB is a serious form of TB that is also known as miliary tuberculosis. Extrapulmonary TB is not contagious; however, it may co-exist with pulmonary TB, that is contagious.[2]
All forms of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis may present with the symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis such as malaise, night sweats, cough, weight loss, and also may be associated with an active pulmonary infection.
Extra-Pulmonary Location | History and Symptoms |
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Tuberculous Lymphadenitis | Fever, painless lymph node swelling. |
Pott's disease/Skeletal Tuberculosis | Low back pain, stiffness, pain in the affected joint or extremity, joint swelling, limited mobility. |
Central Nervous System Tuberculosis | Headache, seizures, weakness, vomiting. |
Tuberculous Peritonitis | Abdominal pain, fever, ascites |
Tuberculous Pericarditis | chest pain,Shortness of breath, cough, pedal edema. |
Renal Tuberculosis | Symptoms of UTI, include polyuria, dysuria, hematuria, flank pain Symptoms of obstructive uropathy, such as oliguria or anuria, pelvic pain. |
Adapted from Asian Spine J. Feb 2014; 8(1): 97–111[3]; Handbook of Clinical Neurology[4]Circulation Dec 2005 vol.112 no.23 3608-3616[5]; Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 vol. 88 no. 1 54-64[6]; Clin Infect Dis.(2011)53(6):555-562.[7] |
References
- ↑ Mandell, Gerald (2010). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. ISBN 0443068399.
- ↑ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know. 4th edition (2000). Updated Aug 2003.
- ↑ Moon, Myung-Sang (2014). "Tuberculosis of Spine: Current Views in Diagnosis and Management". Asian Spine Journal. 8 (1): 97. doi:10.4184/asj.2014.8.1.97. ISSN 1976-1902.
- ↑ Garcia-Monco, Juan Carlos (2014). "Tuberculosis". 121: 1485–1499. doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-4088-7.00100-0. ISSN 0072-9752.
- ↑ Mayosi, B. M. (2005). "Tuberculous Pericarditis". Circulation. 112 (23): 3608–3616. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.543066. ISSN 0009-7322.
- ↑ Daher, E. D. F.; da Silva Junior, G. B.; Barros, E. J. G. (2013). "Renal Tuberculosis in the Modern Era". American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 88 (1): 54–64. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2013.12-0413. ISSN 0002-9637.
- ↑ Fontanilla, J.-M.; Barnes, A.; von Reyn, C. F. (2011). "Current Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Tuberculous Lymphadenitis". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 53 (6): 555–562. doi:10.1093/cid/cir454. ISSN 1058-4838.