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ArticleBMJ case reports2011

PCR use in miliary tuberculosis presenting with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Moussa Albert Riachy

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Moussa Albert RiachyHotel Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon. riachy@dm.net.lb
Hôtel-Dieu de France · LB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 30-year-old pregnant woman admitted to the hospital for rapidly progressive dyspnoea, non-productive cough and altered general status evolving over 1-month period. Her vital signs showed a low blood pressure 90/60 mm Hg, pulse rate 100 beats/min, respiratory rate 32 breaths/min and oxygen saturation on room air of 88%. Laboratory findings showed haemoglobin 9.7 g/dl, white blood cells 15 000/mm(3) (neutrophils 82%), C reactive protein 74 mg/l, alkaline phosphatase 320 U/l, alanine aminotransferase 62 IU/l, aspartate aminotransferase 120 IU/l, γ glutamyl transpeptidase 125 U/l; brain natriuretic peptide 25.4 pg/ml, procalcitonine >2, lactate dehydrogenase 1618 U/l. Chest radiographics showed diffuse bilateral micronodular pulmonary infiltrates and CT of the chest confirmed 1-3 mm diffuse bilateral micronodular infiltrates with ground glass opacities. Complete investigation including bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for any viral, bacteriologic, acid-fast bacilli and full serum antibodies panel were all negative. DNA amplification for mycobacterium using PCR on the BAL rapidly rectified the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

Indexed as

Polymerase Chain ReactionAdultBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidDNA, BacterialFemaleHumansMycobacterium tuberculosisPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousRespiratory Distress SyndromeTuberculosis, MiliaryDNA, Bacterial

Identifiers

PMID22694890
PMCPMC3109854
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