| Autor: |
Waller, Michael, Murphy, Stephen, Krishnaraj, Natarajan, Antunes, George |
| Zdroj: |
BMJ Case Reports; 7/ 6/2009, p16-16, 1p |
| Abstrakt: |
A 47-year-old Caucasian man was admitted to hospital with respiratory failure due to a severe pneumonia, requiring admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for respiratory support. Bronchial washings cultured Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a rare cause of respiratory failure, and fortunately he responded to standard antituberculous therapy. However, the patient subsequently developed symptomatic hypercalcaemia; an unusual complication of tuberculosis (TB) in the UK, probably contributed to by a combination of sunbathing and activation of 25-hydroxy vitamin D in the TB granuloma. The majority of patients treated for TB in the UK are probably vitamin D deficient and are therefore unlikely to become hypercalcaemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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