SEARCHED TERM
Disseminated tuberculosis
DEFINITION
Simultaneous involvement of at least two non-contiguous organ sites of the body resulting from the hematogenous spread of M. tuberculosis.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
The presence of two or more noncontiguous sites resulting from hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, occurring as a result of progressive primary infection, reactivation of a latent focus with subsequent spread, or rarely through iatrogenic origin
From: Journal of Family and Community medicine
Year: 2019
OTHER DEFINITIONS
TERM 1
Simultaneous involvement of at least two non-contiguous organ sites of the body, or infection of the blood, bone marrow or liver.
From: StatPearls
Year: 2023
TERM 2
Spread throughout the body to many different organs
From: WHO
Year: 2003
TERM 3
See Miliary TB
From: CDC
Year: 2005
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