Pleural tuberculosis and endocarditis as complications of multifactorial origin in granulomatosis with polyangiitis: Clinical case report.
Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed)
; 20(2): 104-107, 2024 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
We present the case of a 36-year-old woman with a history of granulomatosis with polyangiitis; chronic kidney disease; systemic arterial hypertension. Debut with dyspnea, weakness, and hemoptysis, she was suspected in atypical pneumonia, discarded, persisting with tachypnea, tachycardia, chest pain. The protocol for pulmonary tuberculosis was started with negative sputum samples, positive blood culture for S. haemolyticus, chest tomography with left pneumothorax and ipsilateral pleural effusion, exudate-type pleural fluid was obtained, acid-fast staining, negative PCR for M. tuberculosis; A follow-up echocardiogram was performed due to a new murmur, reporting valvular vegetation, concluding a diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis and endocarditis as complications of multifactorial origin associated with immunosuppression in granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tuberculosis Pleural
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Tuberculosis Pulmonar
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Granulomatosis con Poliangitis
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Endocarditis
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed)
Año:
2024
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Article
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España