TY - JOUR
T1 - Rare offshoot of a common malady anaemia and tuberculosis
AU - Kolla, Gautham
AU - Acharya, Vishak
AU - Balanthimogru, Prashantha
AU - Mani, Arun
AU - Ruman, Shehzad
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - Haematological manifestations are one of the rarer presentations of tuberculosis and are usually of normocytic normochromic type. An association of Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia (AIHA) with active pulmonary tuberculosis is an exceeding rare entity, though anaemia and tuberculosis commonly co-exist. We report a patient with sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis with associated Coomb’s positive AIHA. The patient responded well to Anti-Tubercular Therapy (ATT) and low dose steroids tapered over a month.
AB - Haematological manifestations are one of the rarer presentations of tuberculosis and are usually of normocytic normochromic type. An association of Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia (AIHA) with active pulmonary tuberculosis is an exceeding rare entity, though anaemia and tuberculosis commonly co-exist. We report a patient with sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis with associated Coomb’s positive AIHA. The patient responded well to Anti-Tubercular Therapy (ATT) and low dose steroids tapered over a month.
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U2 - 10.7860/JCDR/2016/20773.8269
DO - 10.7860/JCDR/2016/20773.8269
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84982758336
VL - 10
SP - OD05-OD06
JO - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
JF - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
SN - 2249-782X
IS - 8
ER -