Disseminated tuberculosis diagnosed first as leptospirosis in immunocompetent patient

Disseminated tuberculosis, mostly seen in immunocompromised patient, can affect several organs. The diagnosis can be difficult due to various clinical manifestations. A case of disseminated tuberculosis of lung and liver that develops acutely is rare especially in immunocompetent patient. Here, we p...

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Main Authors: Erni J. Nelwan, Juferdy Kuniawan, Mirna N. Praptini, Herdiman T. Pohan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia 2015-12-01
Series:Medical Journal of Indonesia
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Online Access:http://mji.ui.ac.id/journal/index.php/mji/article/view/1266
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spelling doaj-cfd5d58a9c134b3ea10e735304fb321e2020-11-25T02:21:59ZengFaculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia Medical Journal of Indonesia0853-17732252-80832015-12-0124410.13181/mji.v24i4.12661107Disseminated tuberculosis diagnosed first as leptospirosis in immunocompetent patientErni J. Nelwan0Juferdy Kuniawan1Mirna N. Praptini2Herdiman T. Pohan3Division of Tropical and Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, JakartaDivision of Hepatobilier, Department of Interna Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, JakartaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, JakartaDivision of Tropical and Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.Disseminated tuberculosis, mostly seen in immunocompromised patient, can affect several organs. The diagnosis can be difficult due to various clinical manifestations. A case of disseminated tuberculosis of lung and liver that develops acutely is rare especially in immunocompetent patient. Here, we present a 42 year old immunocompetent woman with lung and hepatic tuberculosis which was confirmed by characteristics histopathological findings of the liver biopsy.http://mji.ui.ac.id/journal/index.php/mji/article/view/1266acute onsetdisseminated tuberculosisimmunocompetent
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author Erni J. Nelwan
Juferdy Kuniawan
Mirna N. Praptini
Herdiman T. Pohan
spellingShingle Erni J. Nelwan
Juferdy Kuniawan
Mirna N. Praptini
Herdiman T. Pohan
Disseminated tuberculosis diagnosed first as leptospirosis in immunocompetent patient
Medical Journal of Indonesia
acute onset
disseminated tuberculosis
immunocompetent
author_facet Erni J. Nelwan
Juferdy Kuniawan
Mirna N. Praptini
Herdiman T. Pohan
author_sort Erni J. Nelwan
title Disseminated tuberculosis diagnosed first as leptospirosis in immunocompetent patient
title_short Disseminated tuberculosis diagnosed first as leptospirosis in immunocompetent patient
title_full Disseminated tuberculosis diagnosed first as leptospirosis in immunocompetent patient
title_fullStr Disseminated tuberculosis diagnosed first as leptospirosis in immunocompetent patient
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated tuberculosis diagnosed first as leptospirosis in immunocompetent patient
title_sort disseminated tuberculosis diagnosed first as leptospirosis in immunocompetent patient
publisher Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia
series Medical Journal of Indonesia
issn 0853-1773
2252-8083
publishDate 2015-12-01
description Disseminated tuberculosis, mostly seen in immunocompromised patient, can affect several organs. The diagnosis can be difficult due to various clinical manifestations. A case of disseminated tuberculosis of lung and liver that develops acutely is rare especially in immunocompetent patient. Here, we present a 42 year old immunocompetent woman with lung and hepatic tuberculosis which was confirmed by characteristics histopathological findings of the liver biopsy.
topic acute onset
disseminated tuberculosis
immunocompetent
url http://mji.ui.ac.id/journal/index.php/mji/article/view/1266
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