Fever and an abnormal chest X-ray during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bouchet nodules
Tuberculosis
covid 19
Journal
Respiratory medicine case reports
ISSN: 2213-0071
Titre abrégé: Respir Med Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101604463
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
04
07
2020
revised:
09
07
2020
accepted:
10
07
2020
entrez:
14
8
2020
pubmed:
14
8
2020
medline:
14
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a 56-year-old man presented at our emergency department with fever and shortness of breath; Diffuse pulmonary nodular vascular spread lesions were found. Detailed history taking showed a four-week history of fever and night sweats. The man had been under treatment for 2 years with Adalimumab, a tumor-necrosis-factor (TNF) inhibitor, for ulcerative colitis. Before start, screening by tuberculin skin test was negative. Cultures en PCR on BAL and urine were positive for mycobacterium tuberculosis also ocular findings were present. The diagnosis of military tuberculosis was made.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32789106
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101167
pii: S2213-0071(20)30380-4
pii: 101167
pmc: PMC7392070
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
101167Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None of the Authors has anything to declare (no conflict of interest).
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