Immune thrombocytopenia in tuberculosis: Causal or coincidental?

Immune thrombocytopenia is a relatively rare hematological manifestation in tuberculosis. We report two cases of immune thrombocytopemia, one in sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis and the other in miliary tuberculosis. Antituberculous drugs and immunosuppressive therapy corrected the thrombocyto...

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Main Authors: Gopalakrishnan Srividya, Gopalakrishna Pillai Syamala Nikhila, Adusumilli Venkatakrishna Kaushik, Kuppusamy Jayachandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2014;volume=6;issue=3;spage=128;epage=131;aulast=