A Fatal Miliary Tuberculosis Case Presenting as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

A case of fatal miliary tuberculosis presenting as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was reported. A 15 year old woman, known to have ventricular septal defect for 7 years was admitted to the hospital with fever, shaking chills and dry cough. The chest X-ray revealed miliary pattern through...

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Main Authors: Serap ŞİMŞEK, Nurgül YURTSEVEN, Abdurrahman EKSİK, Levent ÇELİK
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi 2000-12-01
Series:Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2000-5-4-264-269.pdf