Immune thrombocytopenia in tuberculosis: Causal or coincidental?

Autor: Gopalakrishnan Srividya, Gopalakrishna Pillai Syamala Nikhila, Adusumilli Venkatakrishna Kaushik, Kuppusamy Jayachandran
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, Vol 6, Iss 3, Pp 128-131 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0974-777X
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.138512
Popis: Immune thrombocytopenia is a relatively rare hematological manifestation in tuberculosis. We report two cases of immune thrombocytopemia, one in sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis and the other in miliary tuberculosis. Antituberculous drugs and immunosuppressive therapy corrected the thrombocytopenia in both patients. Our case reports stress that tuberculosis should be considered during the evaluation of immune thrombocytopenia, and also highlights the safety of immunosuppressive therapy during active tuberculosis along with antituberculous drugs.
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