Active pulmonary tuberculosis manifesting with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: A rare presentation

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 639-640

  Tabarsi, Payam ^a   Merza, Muayad Aghali ^a   Marjani, Majid ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PETECHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VAGINA BLEEDING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 79955959580     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1413-8670(10)70126-4     Document Type: Letter

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