Cardiac Arrest in an Extensive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patient.
cardiac arrest
extrapulmonary tb
mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary tb
sudden cardiac death
tb myocarditis
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Historique:
accepted:
29
06
2021
entrez:
2
8
2021
pubmed:
3
8
2021
medline:
3
8
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Tuberculosis (TB) disease affects a large population worldwide but is often missed. Early diagnosis can be challenging at times due to failure to include TB in the differential diagnoses. Tuberculosis is a treatable disease but it can lead to undesirable consequences if left untreated. Here we report a case of a young Guatemalan woman presented with respiratory failure and extensive lung opacification on imaging who went into cardiac arrest. Post resuscitation, workup was significant for
Identifiants
pubmed: 34336529
doi: 10.7759/cureus.16057
pmc: PMC8321424
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e16057Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021, Zora et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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