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Lung, Postprimary Tuberculosis: Follow-up

Author: Anjali Agrawal, MBBS, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Voluntary Staff, Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Coauthor(s): Anurag Agrawal, MBBS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
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Updated: Sep 20, 2007

Intervention

In the absence of adequate drug therapy, the disease is often fatal. Currently, TB can be effectively treated by using antibiotics alone; other modalities of treatment are of only historical interest. Primary resistance to anti-TB therapy (ATT) is still uncommon in most parts of the world.

Posttreatment hemoptysis is usually secondary to bronchiectasis or aspergilloma. Ectatic vessels or aneurysms are other considerations to keep in mind.

 


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Keywords

reactivation tuberculosis/TB, postprimary TB, primary tuberculosis/TB, progressive-primary tuberculosis/TB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium microti, Mycobacterium canetti, M tuberculosis, M bovis, M africanum, M microti, M canetti

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Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Anjali Agrawal, MBBS, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Voluntary Staff, Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Anjali Agrawal, MBBS is a member of the following medical societies: American Roentgen Ray Society and Radiological Society of North America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Anurag Agrawal, MBBS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Anurag Agrawal, MBBS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, and Society of Critical Care Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Judith K Amorosa, MD, FACR, Clinical Professor and Program Director, Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Judith K Amorosa, MD, FACR is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Association of University Radiologists, Radiological Society of North America, and Society of Thoracic Radiology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Pharmacy Editor

Bernard D Coombs, MB, ChB, PhD, Consulting Staff, Department of Specialist Rehabilitation Services, Hutt Valley District Health Board, New Zealand
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Managing Editor

John D Newell, Jr, MD, FACR, FCCP, FASER, Co-Director of Thoracic Imaging, UCDHSC; Director of Lung Imaging Center, Professor of Radiology and Professor of Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, National Jewish Medical and Research Center; Univ. Colorado Hospital
John D Newell, Jr, MD, FACR, FCCP, FASER is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, American Thoracic Society, Association of University Radiologists, Radiological Society of North America, and Society of Thoracic Radiology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

CME Editor

Robert M Krasny, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute
Robert M Krasny, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Roentgen Ray Society and Radiological Society of North America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Eugene C Lin, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Eugene C Lin, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Nuclear Medicine, American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, and Society of Nuclear Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

 
 
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