Fever of unknown origin in a Swiss-born child: don't miss tuberculosis!

Tuberculosis incidence is low in Switzer land. We report here on a Swiss-born toddler. Tuberculosis manifested with a fever of unknown origin, mimicking an inflammatory or autoimmune disorder triggering a high dose of corticosteroid treatment. The disease went unrecognized for several weeks until de...

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Autores principales: Cegielski, Melanie, Vaudaux, Bernard, Jaton, Katia, Bervini, David, Perez, Marie-Helene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765435
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e36

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765435
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e36

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