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
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

101167

Informations 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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Auteurs

David Ruttens (D)

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.

Margaretha Van Kerrebroeck (M)

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.

Jan Vandewalle (J)

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.

Maarten Falter (M)

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.

Marc Daenen (M)

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.

Kristof Thevissen (K)

Department of Rheumatology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.
Dept. of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.

Mieke Wirix (M)

Department of Ophthalmology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.

Michiel Thomeer (M)

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.
Dept. of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.

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