A propósito de un caso sobre tuberculosis miliar en paciente con tratamiento inmunosupresor

  1. Franco-Vicario, R.
  2. Llamazares-Medrano, JM.
  3. Ucar-Angulo, E.
  4. Miguel-de-la-Villa, F.
Revue:
Gaceta médica de Bilbao: Revista oficial de la Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Bilbao. Información para profesionales sanitarios

ISSN: 0304-4858 2173-2302

Année de publication: 2005

Volumen: 102

Número: 2

Pages: 41-42

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4858(05)74495-4 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

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Résumé

We present the case of the patient with reumatologycal disease and miliar tuberculosis. Atthe same time a revision of all the tuberculosis diseases in our Hospital of Basurto during1983 to 1992 is shown and wich of them had collagenosis or Immunosuppressivetreatments. Clinical observation: a 74 years old man who had arthritis rheumatoid of 20years of evolution, treated with Methotrexato and steroid drug with and age-oldreticulonodular pattern in the chest X-rays. He had fever and the immunospresor therapy ledus to think in tuberculosis that was diagnosticated with positive smear cultive. Our Hospitalcould find 1021 tuberculosis in ten years (1983-1992) and 19 (1,7%) had any collagenosisdisease and besides, 56 (5%) had Immunosuppressives agents as treatment of cancer.Discussion: we can find tuberculosis disease in all kind of immunodeficiency and not only inVHI infection.