ICD-11

Miliary tuberculosis is the widespread dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis via hematogenous spread. Classic miliary tuberculosis is defined as milletlike (mean, 2 mm; range, 1-5 mm) seeding of M. tuberculosis bacilli in the lung, as evidenced on chest radiography.

A disease caused by an infection with the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is disseminated through the body, and affecting a specific body site. This disease is characterised by numerous small lesions of 1-5 millimetre(s) in any organ, and fever. Transmission is commonly by inhalation of infected respiratory secretions. Confirmation is by radiography, CT, ultrasonography, and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, depending on the site affected.