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A case of cryptic miliary tuberculosis mimicking cholecystitis with sepsis

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Miliary tuberculosis is a rare form of tuberculosis in industrialized countries. We report on a 69-year-old woman presenting a sepsis syndrome caused by cryptic miliary tuberculosis clinically mimicking a case of cholecystitis with sepsis. The patient died of a multi-organ failure on day 6 of her hospital stay.

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  1. Pathologisch-Bakteriologisches Institut, Städtisches Krankenhaus Kiel, Chemnitzstr. 33, D-24116, Kiel, Germany

    M. Siemann &  G. Rabenhorst

  2. AnaesthesiologischeIntensivstation, Städtisches Krankenhaus Kiel, Chemnitzstr. 33, D-24116, Kiel, Germany

    A. Bramann

  3. Medizinische Klinik, Städtisches Krankenhaus Kiel, Chemnitzstr. 33, D-24116, Kiel, Germany

    C. Renk

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Siemann, M., Rabenhorst, G., Bramann, A. et al. A case of cryptic miliary tuberculosis mimicking cholecystitis with sepsis. Infection 27, 44–45 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02565172

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