See Also: Leadenhall Street(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Disseminated(medicine)
Disseminated disease(medicine)
Disseminated choroiditis(medicine)
disseminated sclerosis(medicine)
disseminated tuberculosis(medicine)
disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy(medicine)
disseminated lupus erythematosus(medicine)
disseminated cutaneous gangrene(medicine)

disseminated tuberculosis (medicine) and Leadenhall Street (iou)


disseminated tuberculosis (medicine)


disseminated tuberculosis
<microbiology> Usually a chronic tuberculosis infection where spread of the original primary infection has occurred via the patients lymphatic system (or bloodstream).

Disseminated disease occurs primarily in the immunocompromised individual (for example AIDS, cancer patient). The elderly are at increased risk for dissemination.

In disseminated disease, organs and tissues that can be affected include pericardium, peritoneum, larynx, bronchus, bone, joints, lymph nodes, stomach, meninges, eyes, kidneys and skin. Treatment is with INH, rifampin, ethambutol and Other antibiotics.


Leadenhall Street (iou)



Leadenhall Street noun phr. E19.
[A street in the City of London, which from 1648 to 1861 contained the headquarters of the East India Company.]
Hist. The East India Company.