dc.creatorSilva,Rafael
dc.creatorJara,Juan
dc.creatorSoto,Tulio
dc.creatorSepúlveda,Pedro
dc.date2011-06-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-07T16:38:36Z
dc.date.available2017-03-07T16:38:36Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872011000600012
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/405099
dc.descriptionPatients on immunosuppressive therapy are at increased risk of developing tuberculosis. We report a 39-year-old female with an ulcerative colitis receiving prednisone, azathioprine and azulfidine that was admitted to hospital due to fever, anemia, diarrhea and hematochezia. A chest CT scan showed multiple miliary micronodular images diffusely distributed and mediastinal enlarged lymph nodes with central necrosis, suggestive of disseminated tuberculosis. Antituberculous treatment was started but discontinued and the patient was treated as a bronchiolitis obliterans with methylprednisolone pulses and discharged. She was readmitted in shock one week later and died. After her death cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis were informed as positive. The clinical picture of the patient is known as sepsis tuberculosa gravissima.
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dc.publisherSociedad Médica de Santiago
dc.sourceRevista médica de Chile v.139 n.6 2011
dc.subjectMethylprednisolone
dc.subjectShock
dc.subjectseptic
dc.subjectTuberculosis
dc.subjectmiliary
dc.titleSepsis tuberculosa gravissima: Una presentación infrecuente en paciente con tratamiento inmunosupresor
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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