ABSTRACT
Both Immune dysfunction and deficiency, are known in Down syndrome. Tuberculosis commonly presents as insidious illness and septicemic shock is its rare presentation, mostly in immunocompromized patients. We report a 16 year old boy with Down syndrome presenting with septicemic shock due to tuberculosis.
Subject(s)
Down Syndrome/microbiology , Shock, Septic/microbiology , Tuberculosis/microbiology , Adolescent , Humans , Male , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification , Sputum/microbiologyABSTRACT
Medication errors can cause various complications and some of these are fatal also. A very unusual complication, an esophageal foreign body, is described herein. It was a single tablet with intact wrapper, cut out from a blister pack which was unknowingly ingested by a child in toto. She was not instructed properly regarding administration of the drug. The peculiarity of this case concerns the type, location of the foreign body and need of clear instructions to be given to the patient for taking a medication.
