extrapulmonary

Examples

• All

• In AIDS patients, 50% to 67% of tuberculous infections will be extrapulmonary, most commonly involving the cervical nodes and the bone marrow.

  Academic text (1995)

• Therefore, it is essential to test all patients who have extrapulmonary tuberculosis for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus.

  Academic text (2002)

• The cause of this increase in extrapulmonary disease remains unclear.

  Academic text (1995)

• Since an increasing proportion of these cases are extrapulmonary and frequently involve the head and neck, these patients often initially present to otolaryngologists.

  Academic text (1995)

• However, extrapulmonary disease is not uncommon, and clinical presentation may be very heterogeneous and challenging.

  Academic text (2007)

• With this change came an increasing proportion of extrapulmonary, compared to pulmonary, tuberculous infections.

  Academic text (1995)

• Extrapulmonary tuberculosis occurs in 70% of patients who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and pulmonary tuberculosis.

  Academic text (2002)

• Clinical manifestations range from mild cases of tracheobronchitis to severe atypical pneumonia and can be followed by a broad spectrum of extrapulmonary complications.

  Academic text (2015)

• Multivariate analysis of TB case-patients showed Hispanic ethnicity, extrapulmonary disease, diabetes, and immunosuppressive conditions, excluding HIV co-infection, were independently associated with M. bovis disease.

  Academic text (2015)

• In patients with compromised immune systems, extrapulmonary infections can arise in organs outside the lungs.

Antonyms

P

pulmonary

• Specialized

56 4.1

Relating to the lungs or how they work

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology