Open AccessRare Offshoot of a Common Malady Anaemia and Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Kolla Gautham,
Vishak Acharya,
Prashantha Balanthimogru,
Arun Mathai Mani,
Shehzad Ruman
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/2016/20773.8269
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , sputum , dermatology , active tuberculosis , immunology , pathology , mycobacterium tuberculosis
Haematological manifestations are one of the rarer presentations of tuberculosis and are usually of normocytic normochromic type. An association of Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia (AIHA) with active pulmonary tuberculosis is an exceeding rare entity, though anaemia and tuberculosis commonly co-exist. We report a patient with sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis with associated Coomb's positive AIHA. The patient responded well to Anti- Tubercular Therapy (ATT) and low dose steroids tapered over a month.