Tuberculous pleural effusion in a patient with sympathetic ophthalmia on immunosuppression: a case report
Abstract Background Tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) is paucibacillary, making its diagnosis difficult based on laboratory investigations alone. We present a case of a patient with a TPE who was initially misdiagnosed to have azathioprine-induced lung injury. The diagnosis of TPE was arrived at wi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-10-01
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| Series: | Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-021-00153-3 |