A case of pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as diffuse alveolar haemorrhage: is there a role for anticardiolipin antibodies?

BACKGROUND: Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) has been rarely reported in association with pulmonary infections. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 43 year old immunocompetent man presenting with dyspnoea, fever and haemoptysis. Chest imaging showed bilateral ground glass opacities. Microbi...

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Autores principales: Marruchella, Almerico, Corpolongo, Angela, Tommasi, Chiara, Lauria, Francesco N, Narciso, Pasquale
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20170532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-33

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