Diagnostic delay in a multi-organ tuberculosis immunocompetent patient: a case report.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2007 May; 38(3): 507-11
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-35256
ABSTRACT
A 67-year-old immunocompetent male presented with intermittent fever for 3 months associated with urinary incontinence, altered bowel habits and history of loss of appetite and weight. He was treated as having enteric fever at various clinics in the city by different physicians. On evaluation the patient was found to have disseminated tuberculosis with involvement of the lungs, eyes, testes, brain, bone, kidneys, liver, spleen and possibly the gastrointestinal tract. This paper reports a case of disseminated tuberculosis to many organs with significant diagnostic delay more than twelve decades after the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus by Robert Koch.
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Índice:
IMSEAR (Sudeste Asiático)
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Miliar
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Idoso
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Imunocompetência
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Nepal
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Antituberculosos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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