Severe lymphopenia in tuberculosis. A mere coincidence or a significant association?
A variety of infectious agents can cause secondary immunodeficient states. We herein present a one-year-old patient, admitted to the hospital with severe lymphopenia, who was subsequently diagnosed as tuberculosis. After the antituberculosis (anti TB) therapy was started, the clinical conditi...
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
2000-01-01
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| author | E N Gönç S Ozen A Göçmen Y Zafer I Tezcan |
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A variety of infectious agents can cause secondary immunodeficient states. We herein present a one-year-old patient, admitted to the hospital with severe lymphopenia, who was subsequently diagnosed as tuberculosis. After the antituberculosis (anti TB) therapy was started, the clinical condition and the immunologic findings of the patient improved. We have thus concluded that the transient lymphopenia of the patient was due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We suggest that immunodeficiency should be investigated more often in children with tuberculosis and that further studies will shed light on the pathogenesis of this aspect of the disease.
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e87d87ce5e1497f95ff2d8506c8bce12025-03-07T19:43:54ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212000-01-01421Severe lymphopenia in tuberculosis. A mere coincidence or a significant association?E N Gönç0S OzenA GöçmenY ZaferI TezcanDepartment of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. A variety of infectious agents can cause secondary immunodeficient states. We herein present a one-year-old patient, admitted to the hospital with severe lymphopenia, who was subsequently diagnosed as tuberculosis. After the antituberculosis (anti TB) therapy was started, the clinical condition and the immunologic findings of the patient improved. We have thus concluded that the transient lymphopenia of the patient was due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We suggest that immunodeficiency should be investigated more often in children with tuberculosis and that further studies will shed light on the pathogenesis of this aspect of the disease. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/3103 |
| spellingShingle | E N Gönç S Ozen A Göçmen Y Zafer I Tezcan Severe lymphopenia in tuberculosis. A mere coincidence or a significant association? The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics |
| title | Severe lymphopenia in tuberculosis. A mere coincidence or a significant association? |
| title_full | Severe lymphopenia in tuberculosis. A mere coincidence or a significant association? |
| title_fullStr | Severe lymphopenia in tuberculosis. A mere coincidence or a significant association? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Severe lymphopenia in tuberculosis. A mere coincidence or a significant association? |
| title_short | Severe lymphopenia in tuberculosis. A mere coincidence or a significant association? |
| title_sort | severe lymphopenia in tuberculosis a mere coincidence or a significant association |
| url | https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/3103 |
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