TY - JOUR
TI - Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to miliary tuberculosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis under corticosteroid therapy
AU - Pavlatos, S.
AU - Psallas, M.
AU - Makrilakis, K.
AU - Doupis, J.
AU - Stathi, C.
AU - Nikolakopoulou, E.
AU - Katsilambros, N.
JO - European Journal of Internal Medicine
PY - 2004
VL - 15
TODO - 1
SP - 62-64
PB - 
SN - 0953-6205
TODO - 10.1016/j.ejim.2003.12.003
TODO - amikacin;  captopril;  ceftriaxone;  cefuroxime;  ciprofloxacin;  cotrimoxazole;  erythromycin;  ethambutol;  gliclazide;  isoniazid;  levofloxacin;  prednisolone;  pyrazinamide;  rifampicin, adult;  anamnesis;  antibiotic resistance;  article;  case report;  clinical feature;  corticosteroid therapy;  diabetes mellitus;  differential diagnosis;  dyspnea;  female;  fever;  human;  hypertension;  immune deficiency;  laboratory test;  Legionella pneumophila;  miliary tuberculosis;  Mycobacterium tuberculosis;  Pneumocystis carinii;  pneumocystosis;  respiratory distress;  rheumatoid arthritis;  treatment outcome
TODO - We report the case of a 65-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) under corticosteroid therapy who presented with high fever and dyspnea and who, within 48 h, developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Miliary tuberculosis is a rare cause of ARDS; however, because of its ominous outcome, it should be included in the differential diagnosis of immunocompromised patients with rapidly worsening respiratory discomfort. A brief review of miliary tuberculosis as a cause of ARDS is presented. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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