Abstract:Background
The post-partum period is a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB), possibly including the period after miscarriage as illustrated here. This case demonstrates how non-specific symptoms can hide widely disseminated TB.
Case presentation
A healthy 26-year-old female with a history of recent miscarriage presented to the emergency department with non-specific symptoms of headache, abdominal pain, and sub-acute fevers. She had immigrated to the U… Show more
“…PR is conjectured to represent a delayed local immune response or dysregulation of cellular immune responses to a large number of rapidly killed M. tuberculosis components 7) . Velivela et al reported an increased risk of epidural abscesses with PR in patients with spinal TB, necessitating, as in this case, surgery in half of the cases 8) .…”
Ethics approval was waived by the ethics committee as this was a case report. All procedures performed were part of routine care. This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the laws and regulations of Japan.
“…PR is conjectured to represent a delayed local immune response or dysregulation of cellular immune responses to a large number of rapidly killed M. tuberculosis components 7) . Velivela et al reported an increased risk of epidural abscesses with PR in patients with spinal TB, necessitating, as in this case, surgery in half of the cases 8) .…”
Ethics approval was waived by the ethics committee as this was a case report. All procedures performed were part of routine care. This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the laws and regulations of Japan.
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