DISSEMINATED PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS: ACTUAL PROBLEMS

Abstract

In the structure of disseminated pulmonary diseases tuberculosis accounts for 3 to 35%, and in the structure of the newly diagnosed tuberculosis disseminated forms account for about one third of all cases. Differential diagnosis of the pulmonary dissemination syndrome is a problem for physicians of various specialties. The frequency of diagnostic errors can reach 80%. Aim - to review the literature on the diagnosis of disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis over the past 10 years and to identify actual issues on this problem for further study. Methods. We have done bibliographic search on the PubMed/Medline and Elibrary databases over the past 10 years (2007-2017).

Keywords

• pulmonary dissemination
• tuberculosis
• hiv-infection
• differential diagnosis