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Bilateral Foot-Drop Secondary to Axonal Neuropathy in a Tuberculosis Patient With Co-Infection of COVID-19: A Case Report
Tuberculosis (TB) is a global pandemic and is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide as well as the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent.( )It can cause a wide array of complications including peripheral neuropathy. In addition to TB pandemic the recent pandemic of coronavirus...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33403166 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11734 |
Sumario: | Tuberculosis (TB) is a global pandemic and is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide as well as the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent.( )It can cause a wide array of complications including peripheral neuropathy. In addition to TB pandemic the recent pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to an increased interest in the co-infection of TB patients and COVID-19 and whether TB increases risk for COVID-19 and its role in causing severity of disease and vice-versa.( )This case report discusses about a young cachectic man who was found to have bilateral foot-drop under the setting of TB with co-infection of COVID-19 later confirmed to be axonal neuropathy on nerve conduction study. The report highlights the importance of differential diagnosis of TB in COVID-19 patients as well as the consideration of TB in a patient with peripheral neuropathy after nutritional causes have been ruled out. |
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