Immune thrombocytopenia complicating pulmonary tuberculosis: case report and investigation of mechanisms.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Immune thrombocytopenia and pulmonary tuberculosis presented concurrently in a 20 year old Thai man as a bleeding diathesis. Intravenous immunoglobulin rapidly corrected the thrombocytopenia. Immunofluorescence and immunoblot studies with platelets and mycobacteria showed the presence of platelet surface membrane IgG.
Medical subject headings
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Thrombocytopenia
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary