Open AccessImmune thrombocytopenia in tuberculosis: Causal or coincidental?
Author(s) -
Gopalakrishnan Srividya,
Gopalakrishna Pillai Syamala Nikhila,
Adusumilli Venkatakrishna Kaushik,
Jayachandran Kuppusamy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.138512
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , miliary tuberculosis , immune thrombocytopenia , sputum , immune system , immunology , pulmonary tuberculosis , antibody , pathology
Immune thrombocytopenia is a relatively rare hematological manifestation in tuberculosis. We report two cases of immune thrombocytopemia, one in sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis and the other in miliary tuberculosis. Antituberculous drugs and immunosuppressive therapy corrected the thrombocytopenia in both patients. Our case reports stress that tuberculosis should be considered during the evaluation of immune thrombocytopenia, and also highlights the safety of immunosuppressive therapy during active tuberculosis along with antituberculous drugs.