TY - JOUR AU - Greene, John N. AB - Abstract The increased utilization of immunosuppressive, antineoplastic agents in patients with hematologic malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients impairs humoral and cellular immunity. As a result, susceptibility to infectious diseases, including reactivation/development of tuberculosis and its dissemination to extrapulmonary sites, is a serious concern. Tuberculosis dissemination to extrapulmonary sites can mimic both clinical and radiological presentations of other etiologic agents. Thus, early diagnosis is often challenging. We present 3 cases of tuberculosis infection, of which 2 disseminated to extrapulmonary sites in patients with hematologic malignancies, along with literature review, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and differential diagnosis. TI - Reactivation and Dissemination of Tuberculosis to Extrapulmonary Sites in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies JF - Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice DO - 10.1097/IPC.0000000000000576 DA - 2017-04-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/reactivation-and-dissemination-of-tuberculosis-to-extrapulmonary-sites-lvsFMHWZJd SP - 16 EP - 22 VL - Publish Ahead of Print IS - DP - DeepDyve ER -