Tuberculous pleural effusion in a patient with sympathetic ophthalmia on immunosuppression: a case report

BACKGROUND: Tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) is paucibacillary, making its diagnosis difficult based on laboratory investigations alone. We present a case of a patient with a TPE who was initially misdiagnosed to have azathioprine-induced lung injury. The diagnosis of TPE was arrived at with the h...

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Autores principales: Thiagarajan, Dharshana, Teh, Daphne Ai Lin, Ahmad Tarmidzi, Nor Azita, Ishak, Hamisah, Abu Bakar, Zamzurina, Bastion, Mae-Lynn Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8516487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34649627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-021-00153-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8516487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34649627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-021-00153-3

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