Tuberculosis or systemic lupus erythematosus? A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
;
2003 Jun; 34(2): 361-4
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-35503
ABSTRACT
The diagnosis of patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO) is often problematic because the range of possible differential diagnoses is broad. We report on a case in which a patient presented with FUO and was subsequently found to have both a collagen vascular disease and an intercurrent infection. Treatment for the collagen vascular disease with corticosteroids exacerbated the intercurrent infection. The problems in the diagnosis and management of such cases are discussed.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
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Vascular Diseases
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Humans
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Male
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Adolescent
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Collagen Diseases
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Fever of Unknown Origin
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Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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