Disseminated tuberculosis with varied paradoxical reactions

Paradoxical reactions are immune-mediated exacerbations of disease triggered by tuberculosis (TB) treatment. We describe a case of varied paradoxical reactions in a 9-year-old girl who was diagnosed with mediastinal TB and tuberculous ascites. The development of paradoxical reaction was gradual with...

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Autores principales: Dey, Amit Kumar, Shah, Ira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27453867
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.184657
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description Paradoxical reactions are immune-mediated exacerbations of disease triggered by tuberculosis (TB) treatment. We describe a case of varied paradoxical reactions in a 9-year-old girl who was diagnosed with mediastinal TB and tuberculous ascites. The development of paradoxical reaction was gradual with pericardial effusion occurring first followed by pleural effusion and subsequently bilateral papilledema.
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spelling pubmed-49431302016-07-22 Disseminated tuberculosis with varied paradoxical reactions Dey, Amit Kumar Shah, Ira J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Paradoxical reactions are immune-mediated exacerbations of disease triggered by tuberculosis (TB) treatment. We describe a case of varied paradoxical reactions in a 9-year-old girl who was diagnosed with mediastinal TB and tuberculous ascites. The development of paradoxical reaction was gradual with pericardial effusion occurring first followed by pleural effusion and subsequently bilateral papilledema. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4943130/ /pubmed/27453867 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.184657 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Disseminated tuberculosis with varied paradoxical reactions
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943130/
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