Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus
Tuberculosis is a common infectious mycobacterial disease having a wide range of clinical and serological manifestations that are similar to rheumatic disease. Differential diagnosis is a crucial aspect in any rheumatic disease as many other infectious diseases portray clinical similarities and auto...
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The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2016-12-01
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| author | Li Yu Ting Bikash Shrestha Yi Lu Lu Fu Ping |
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| description | Tuberculosis is a common infectious mycobacterial disease having a wide range of clinical and serological manifestations that are similar to rheumatic disease. Differential diagnosis is a crucial aspect in any rheumatic disease as many other infectious diseases portray clinical similarities and autoantibody positivity. Our case report illustrates of a young woman just after the delivery of a child presented an unusual case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis infection initially misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
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| spelling | doaj-art-adae41bb0a904e9390dbb1ca5ec18efa2025-08-20T02:57:21ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802016-12-01101210.3855/jidc.8151Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosusLi Yu Ting0Bikash Shrestha1Yi Lu Lu2Fu Ping3The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, ChinaThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, ChinaThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, ChinaThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, ChinaTuberculosis is a common infectious mycobacterial disease having a wide range of clinical and serological manifestations that are similar to rheumatic disease. Differential diagnosis is a crucial aspect in any rheumatic disease as many other infectious diseases portray clinical similarities and autoantibody positivity. Our case report illustrates of a young woman just after the delivery of a child presented an unusual case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis infection initially misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/8151mycobacterialmisdiagnosistuberculous peritonitis |
| spellingShingle | Li Yu Ting Bikash Shrestha Yi Lu Lu Fu Ping Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus Journal of Infection in Developing Countries mycobacterial misdiagnosis tuberculous peritonitis |
| title | Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus |
| title_full | Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus |
| title_fullStr | Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus |
| title_short | Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus |
| title_sort | post delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus |
| topic | mycobacterial misdiagnosis tuberculous peritonitis |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/8151 |
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