Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus
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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.8151Keywords:
mycobacterial, misdiagnosis, tuberculous peritonitisAbstract
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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2016-12-30
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Ting LY, Shrestha B, Lu YL, Ping F (2016) Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus. J Infect Dev Ctries 10:1352–1356. doi: 10.3855/jidc.8151
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