TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
A1  - Doherty, Gerard M.
Y1  - 2010
N1  - 
T2  - Quick Answers Surgery
AB  - •  Gram-positive  rods,  often  dormant  but  remain  alive  for  the  life  of  the  host•  Initial  infection  affects  midzone  of  lungs,  causing  caseation  in  a  few  weeks•  Regional  hilar  lymph  nodes  become  enlarged;  most  cases  arrest  at  this  stage•  If  progresses,  giant  cells  produce  a  typical  tubercle•  Latent  disease  occurs  when  dormant  tubercles  reactivate  in  elderly  or  immunocompromised  patients•  Apical  segments  of  upper  lobes  most  often  affected  in  latent  disease•  Extrapulmonary  disease  may  involve  pericardium,  bones,  joints,  urinary  tract,  meninges,  lymph  nodes,  pleural  space  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58103919
ER  -