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==Overview==
==Overview==
A physical exam can provide valuable information about the patient’s overall condition and other factors that may affect how tuberculosis is treated, such as [[HIV]] infection or other illnesses.
[[Physical examination]] can give us important information regarding the patient’s general condition and other factors that may affect [[tuberculosis]] management, particularly [[HIV]] [[HIV AIDS|infection]] or other [[Illness|illnesses]]. [[Physical examination]] findings depend on the site of the [[tuberculosis]] [[infection]] and the most common [[physical examination]] findings are [[fever]], [[decreased breath sounds]], [[tachypnea]] and [[tachycardia]].


==Physical Examination==
==Physical Examination==
===Pulmonary Tuberculosis===
===Pulmonary Tuberculosis===


Physical findings for pulmonary tuberculosis include:
[[Physical examination]] findings of [[pulmonary tuberculosis]] include:<ref name="Mandell">{{cite book | last = Mandell | first = Gerald | title = Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases | publisher = Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 2010 | isbn = 0443068399 }}</ref>
* [[Tachypnea]]
* [[Tachycardia]]
* [[Decreased breath sounds]]
* [[Rales]]
* [[Fever]]


Some patients with active tuberculosis might have a normal physical examination and further testing need to be done.
=====Appearance of the Patient=====
 
*[[Cachexia]]
*[[Pallor]]
 
=====Vitals=====
 
*[[Tachypnea]]
*[[Tachycardia]]
*[[Fever]]
 
=====Lungs=====
 
*[[Decreased breath sounds]]
*[[Rales]]
*[[Rhonchi]]
*Bronchial breath sounds
 
Some patients with active [[tuberculosis]] may have a normal [[physical examination]], so further testing should be performed to confirm the [[diagnosis]].


===Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis===
===Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis===
All forms of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis can include findings of pulmonary tuberculosis such as [[cachexia]], [[fever]], [[tachypnea]], [[tachycardia]], and can be associated with an active pulmonary infection, in which the physical examination would include [[cough]], [[hemoptysis]], and [[decreased breath sounds]].
[[Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis]] may also include some of the [[physical findings]] of [[pulmonary tuberculosis]] such as [[fever]], [[cachexia]], [[tachypnea]], [[tachycardia]], and may be associated with an active [[pulmonary]] [[infection]].


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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Tuberculous Lymphadenitis  
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | Cervical [[lymph node]] enlargement
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Cervical [[lymph node]] enlargement
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Skeletal Tuberculosis  
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Skeletal Tuberculosis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | [[Low back pain]], tenderness in the affected limb/joint, joint swelling and erythema, limited range of motion in the affected joint.
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[Low back pain]], [[stiffness]], tenderness, [[joint swelling]] and [[erythema]], limited range of motion.
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Central Nervous System Tuberculosis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Central Nervous System Tuberculosis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | [[Headache]], [[altered mental status]], CN palsy, [[papilledema]], [[hemiparesis]], [[vomiting]], [[nuchal rigidity]].
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[Altered mental status]], CN palsy (specially CN VI), [[papilledema]], [[hemiparesis]], [[hemiplegia]], and [[nuchal rigidity]].
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Tuberculosis Peritonitis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Tuberculosis Peritonitis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Diffuse abdominal tenderness, [[ascites]], [[fever]].
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Miliary Tuberculosis
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Tuberculous Pericarditis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Tuberculous Pericarditis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | [[Tachycardia]], [[pulsus paradoxus]] and hypotension (in [[cardiac tamponade]]), [[jugular venous distension]] with a prominent Y descent and [[Kussmaul's sign]], pleural dullness, a [[pericardial knock]], [[pericardial rub]] and distant [[heart sounds]], [[hepatomegaly]], [[ascites]], [[ankle edema]].
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |[[Tachycardia]], [[pulsus paradoxus]] and hypotension (in [[cardiac tamponade]]), [[jugular venous distension]] with a prominent Y descent, [[Kussmaul's sign]], pleural dullness, pericardial knock, [[pericardial rub]],distant [[heart sounds]], [[hepatomegaly]], [[ascites]], and [[ankle edema]].
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Renal Tuberculosis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |Renal Tuberculosis
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |Costo-vertebral angle tenderness (in [[UTI]]), lower abdominal tenderness (in [[obstructive uropathy]]), findings of [[renal insufficiency]].
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| colspan="2" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" |<small>Adapted from Asian Spine J. Feb 2014; 8(1): 97–111<ref name="Moon2014">{{cite journal|last1=Moon|first1=Myung-Sang|title=Tuberculosis of Spine: Current Views in Diagnosis and Management|journal=Asian Spine Journal|volume=8|issue=1|year=2014|pages=97|issn=1976-1902|doi=10.4184/asj.2014.8.1.97}}</ref>; Handbook of Clinical Neurology<ref name="Garcia-Monco2014">{{cite journal|last1=Garcia-Monco|first1=Juan Carlos|title=Tuberculosis|volume=121|year=2014|pages=1485–1499|issn=00729752|doi=10.1016/B978-0-7020-4088-7.00100-0}}</ref>; Circulation  Dec 2005 vol.112 no.23 3608-3616<ref name="Mayosi2005">{{cite journal|last1=Mayosi|first1=B. M.|title=Tuberculous Pericarditis|journal=Circulation|volume=112|issue=23|year=2005|pages=3608–3616|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.543066}}</ref>; Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 vol. 88 no. 1 54-64<ref name="Daherda Silva Junior2013">{{cite journal|last1=Daher|first1=E. D. F.|last2=da Silva Junior|first2=G. B.|last3=Barros|first3=E. J. G.|title=Renal Tuberculosis in the Modern Era|journal=American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|volume=88|issue=1|year=2013|pages=54–64|issn=0002-9637|doi=10.4269/ajtmh.2013.12-0413}}</ref> Clin Infect Dis.(2011)53(6):555-562.<ref name="FontanillaBarnes2011">{{cite journal|last1=Fontanilla|first1=J.-M.|last2=Barnes|first2=A.|last3=von Reyn|first3=C. F.|title=Current Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Tuberculous Lymphadenitis|journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases|volume=53|issue=6|year=2011|pages=555–562|issn=1058-4838|doi=10.1093/cid/cir454}}</ref> </small>
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]: Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mashal Awais, M.D.[2]; Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [3]

Overview

Physical examination can give us important information regarding the patient’s general condition and other factors that may affect tuberculosis management, particularly HIV infection or other illnesses. Physical examination findings depend on the site of the tuberculosis infection and the most common physical examination findings are fever, decreased breath sounds, tachypnea and tachycardia.

Physical Examination

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Physical examination findings of pulmonary tuberculosis include:[1]

Appearance of the Patient
Vitals
Lungs

Some patients with active tuberculosis may have a normal physical examination, so further testing should be performed to confirm the diagnosis.

Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis may also include some of the physical findings of pulmonary tuberculosis such as fever, cachexia, tachypnea, tachycardia, and may be associated with an active pulmonary infection.

Extra-Pulmonary Location Additional Physical Examination Findings
Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Cervical lymph node enlargement
Skeletal Tuberculosis Low back pain, stiffness, tenderness, joint swelling and erythema, limited range of motion.
Central Nervous System Tuberculosis Altered mental status, CN palsy (specially CN VI), papilledema, hemiparesis, hemiplegia, and nuchal rigidity.
Tuberculosis Peritonitis Diffuse abdominal tenderness, ascites, fever.
Tuberculous Pericarditis Tachycardia, pulsus paradoxus and hypotension (in cardiac tamponade), jugular venous distension with a prominent Y descent, Kussmaul's sign, pleural dullness, pericardial knock, pericardial rub,distant heart sounds, hepatomegaly, ascites, and ankle edema.
Renal Tuberculosis Costo-vertebral angle tenderness (in UTI), lower abdominal tenderness (in obstructive uropathy), findings of renal insufficiency.
Adapted from Asian Spine J. Feb 2014; 8(1): 97–111[2]; Handbook of Clinical Neurology[3]; Circulation Dec 2005 vol.112 no.23 3608-3616[4]; Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 vol. 88 no. 1 54-64[5] Clin Infect Dis.(2011)53(6):555-562.[6]

References

  1. Mandell, Gerald (2010). Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. ISBN 0443068399.
  2. Moon, Myung-Sang (2014). "Tuberculosis of Spine: Current Views in Diagnosis and Management". Asian Spine Journal. 8 (1): 97. doi:10.4184/asj.2014.8.1.97. ISSN 1976-1902.
  3. Garcia-Monco, Juan Carlos (2014). "Tuberculosis". 121: 1485–1499. doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-4088-7.00100-0. ISSN 0072-9752.
  4. Mayosi, B. M. (2005). "Tuberculous Pericarditis". Circulation. 112 (23): 3608–3616. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.543066. ISSN 0009-7322.
  5. Daher, E. D. F.; da Silva Junior, G. B.; Barros, E. J. G. (2013). "Renal Tuberculosis in the Modern Era". American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 88 (1): 54–64. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2013.12-0413. ISSN 0002-9637.
  6. Fontanilla, J.-M.; Barnes, A.; von Reyn, C. F. (2011). "Current Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Tuberculous Lymphadenitis". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 53 (6): 555–562. doi:10.1093/cid/cir454. ISSN 1058-4838.

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