• J Travel Med · Aug 2024

    Case Reports

    Think TB! A rare case of influenza and rapid progressive Neurotuberculosis coinfection.

    • Jakob Schroeder, Andreas Schlesinger, Lothar Burghaus, Pantea Pape, and Maryam Balke.
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Travel- and Tropical Medicine, Clinic for Internal Medicine, St. Marien Hospital, Kunibertskloster 11-13, D-50668 Cologne, Germany.
    • J Travel Med. 2024 Aug 3; 31 (6).

    AbstractAn Indian migrant presented with increasing neurological symptoms after an acute influenza B infection. We diagnosed progressive neurotuberculosis—a rare and difficult case of tuberculosis and influenza co-infection. It highlights the importance of broad-based diagnostics in people from low- and middle-income countries, taking into account unusual manifestations of tuberculosis.

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