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Disseminated TB in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report

Published:2021-05-20 Issue:2 Volume:21 Page:297-300
ISSN:1871-5265
Container-title:Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets
language:en
Short-container-title:IDDT

Author:

Nezhad Malihe Hassan¹^ORCID,Ganadan Alireza²^ORCID,SeyedAlinaghi SeyedAhmad³^ORCID,Abadi Fatemeh Nili Ahmad⁴^ORCID,Manshadi Seyed Ali Dehghan³^ORCID,Salehi Mohammad Reza³,Ghiasvand Fereshte¹^ORCID,Khatami Seyedeh Rana¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2. Department of Pathology, Razi Hospital and Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

3. Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4. Department of Pathology, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background:: Tuberculosis considered as a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, may invade all organs but mainly affects the lungs. Overall, disseminated TB is rare in immunocompetent patients and its association with seborrheic keratosis has never been reported. Case Presentation: We reported a 54-year-old man with a complaint prolonged fever, abdominal pain, weight loss and lymphadenopathy without any immunosuppression who was eventually treated based on the diagnosis of diffuse tuberculosis.

Publisher

Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

Subject

Microbiology (medical),Pharmacology,Molecular Medicine,General Medicine

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