Acute Bilateral Tuberculous Pneumonia in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Zendy

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Acute Bilateral Tuberculous Pneumonia in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Author(s) -

Raghavendra Rao,

Rama Bhat,

Nitin Bhat,

Savio Dsouza,

Venkata Chenchaiah

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of clinical and diagnostic research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2249-782X

pISSN - 0973-709X

DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18857.7763

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , lung infection , tuberculosis , systemic lupus , lung , presentation (obstetrics) , lupus erythematosus , pulmonary tuberculosis , dermatology , immunology , pathology , surgery , disease , antibody

Pulmonary tuberculosis is a common infection associated with immunocompromised state. It usually presents with fibrosis or fibrocavitary lesions in the lung. We report a case of bilateral tuberculous pneumonia of acute presentation in a young lady who was being treated for systemic lupus erythematosus.

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