Disseminated TB in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report
| Autor: | Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi, Seyedeh Rana Khatami, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Fereshte Ghiasvand, Alireza Ganadan, Malihe Hassan Nezhad, Mohammadreza Salehi, Fatemeh Nili Ahmad Abadi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Pharmacology Seborrheic keratosis Abdominal pain medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis biology business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Immunosuppression Disseminated tb General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Dermatology Mycobacterium tuberculosis Weight loss medicine Molecular Medicine medicine.symptom business Chronic infectious disease |
| Zdroj: | Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets. 21:297-300 |
| ISSN: | 1871-5265 |
| Popis: | Background:: Tuberculosis considered as a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, may invade all organs but mainly affects the lungs. Overall, disseminated TB is rare in immunocompetent patients and its association with seborrheic keratosis has never been reported. Case Presentation: We reported a 54-year-old man with a complaint prolonged fever, abdominal pain, weight loss and lymphadenopathy without any immunosuppression who was eventually treated based on the diagnosis of diffuse tuberculosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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