Addison’s Disease Caused by Tuberculosis: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Difficulties | Zendy

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Addison’s Disease Caused by Tuberculosis: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Difficulties

Author(s) -

Sanne van Haren Noman,

Hannah Visser,

Alex F. Muller,

Gijs Limonard

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

european journal of case reports in internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125

H-Index - 1

ISSN - 2284-2594

DOI - 10.12890/2018_000911

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , rifampicin , disease , addison's disease , pediatrics , adrenal insufficiency , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , intensive care medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology

In non-endemic countries, extrapulmonary tuberculosis still needs to be considered as a possible cause of Addison's disease.Treating tuberculosis and adrenal cortex insufficiency can be challenging because of the interaction between rifampicin and adrenocorticoid drugs.Adrenal function does not recover in most cases of Addison's disease caused by tuberculosis.

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