Table 1.
Characteristics of Patients with Suspected MTB.
| No. | Age | Gender | Underlying diseases | Symptoms | Diagnosis of MTB | Involvement of extrapulmonary organs (examina- tions) | Bone marrow aspiration (evidence of tuberculosis infection) | Initial Antit- ubercu- losis chemo- therapy | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respira- tory | General | Definitive | Clinical | ||||||||
| 1 | 43 | M | liver cirrhosis (HCVI), alcoholism | fever | No | Yes | Yes (Yes) | HRS | Death | ||
| 2 | 74 | M | renal failure | cough, sputum, dyspnea | frequent urination | No | No | NT | HREZS | Resocialization | |
| 3 | 25 | F | cough | fever | No | No | meningitis (cere- brospinal fluid tap) | NT | HREZ | Resocialization | |
| 4 | 83 | F | fever | No | Yes | adrenal gland (CT), brain (MRI) | Yes (Yes) | HRE | Resocialization | ||
| 5 | 76 | F | fever | No | Yes | Yes (Yes) | HRES | Resocialization | |||
| 6 | 73 | M | renal failure, need for regular systemic steroids | fever, ischuria | No | Yes | Yes (Yes) | HRE | Resocialization | ||
| 7 | 79 | M | hemiparesis | fever | No | Yes | Yes (Yes) | HRE | Transfer to chronic care hospital | ||
| 8 | 76 | F | liver cirrhosis (HCVI), hemiparesis | weight loss | No | Yes | Yes (Yes) | HRE | Transfer to chronic care hospital | ||
| 9 | 58 | F | history of lithotripsy | fever, weight loss | No | Yes | kidney (CT and MRI) | Yes (Yes) | HREZ | Resocialization | |
| 10 | 72 | M | collagen disease† | cough | No | Yes | liver (CT) , colon (biopsy) | Yes (No) | HRS | Resocialization | |
| 11 | 52 | M | renal failure, diabetes | weight loss | No | No | Yes (No) | HREZ | Resocialization | ||
| 12 | 43 | M | fever, frequent urination | No | No | kidney (CT and MRI) | Yes (No) | HRE | Resocialization | ||
| 13 | 2 | F | malignant lympho- ma, liver cirrhosis (HBVI) | fever, weight loss | No | No | Yes (No) | HREZ | Resocialization | ||
| 14 | 63 | M | renal failure, diabe- tes, history of lithotripsy | fever | No | Yes | Testicle (surgery) | Yes (Yes) | HREZ | Transfer to chronic care hospital | |
† Case no. 10 did not receive corticosteroids or immunosuppressive agents regularly, as diagnosis of collagen disease with chronic polyarthritis was not definitive before hospitalization for tuberculosis.
E: ethambutol, H: isoniazid, HBVI: hepatitis B virus infection, HCVI: hepatitis C virus infection, MTB: miliary tuberculosis, t: not tested, R: rifampicin, S: streptomycin, Z: pyrazinamide