Case - Miliary Tuberculosis with no Pulmonary Involvement in Myelodysplastic Syndromes: A Curable, Yet Rarely Diagnosed, Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Miliary Tuberculosis with no Pulmonary Involvement in Myelodysplastic Syndromes: A Curable, Yet Rarely Diagnosed, Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Presented by:	Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials / Ioannis K Neonakis, Michael G Alexandrakis, Zoe Gitti, George Tsirakis, Elias Krambovitis and Demetrios A Spandidos
Summary points:	A 64-year-old with 3-month history of refractory anaemia with multilineage dysplasia and ringed sideroblasts presents with low-grade fever, fatigue, and insomnia. This case report describes the findings from laboratory and radiological tests, bone marrow aspirate analysis, the diagnosis, and treatment outcome. The authors describe miliary tuberculosis, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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