Miliary tuberculosis in a cortisone treated patient: case report with autopsy.
1951
R F KLEINSCHMIDT, and
J M JOHNSTON
UI
MeSH Term
Description
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D003348
Cortisone
A naturally occurring glucocorticoid that has been used in replacement therapy for ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY and as an anti-inflammatory agent. Cortisone itself is inactive; it is converted in the liver to the active metabolite HYDROCORTISONE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p726)
An acute form of TUBERCULOSIS in which minute tubercles are formed in a number of organs of the body due to dissemination of the bacilli through the blood stream.