Complications
- Miliary TB
- Large numbers of organisms spread via the bloodstream to distant organs
- Fatal if untreated
- Manifestations progress slowly and vary depending on which organs are infected
- Fever, cough, and lymphadenopathy occur
- Can include hepatomegaly and splenomegaly
- Pleural TB
- Chest pain, fever, cough, and a unilateral pleural effusion are common
- Pleural effusion
- Bacteria in pleural space cause inflammation.
- Pleural exudates of protein-rich fluid
- Empyema
- Large numbers of tubercular organisms in pleural space
- TB pneumonia
- Large amounts of bacilli discharged from granulomas into lung or lymph nodes
- Manifests as bacterial pneumonia
- Other organ development
- Spinal destruction
- Bacterial meningitis
- Peritonitis
