The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. · Feb 2016
Anaemia in patients with HIV-associated TB: relative contributions of anaemia of chronic disease and iron deficiency.
Anaemia commonly complicates both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and tuberculosis (TB), contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality. The mechanisms underlying anaemia and corresponding treatments in co-infected patients are poorly defined. ⋯ ACD was the predominant cause underlying anaemia in HIV-associated TB patients, and IDA was very uncommon in this setting. The majority of anaemic HIV-associated TB patients were unlikely to benefit from oral iron supplementation.
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Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. · Feb 2016
Acute respiratory distress syndrome in disseminated tuberculosis: an uncommon association.
To analyse clinicopathological features of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in disseminated tuberculosis (TB) at autopsy. ⋯ Disseminated TB may be clinically missed and diagnosed only post mortem. Disseminated TB is a relatively uncommon cause of ARDS; however, it should always be presumed clinically as it is a potentially treatable cause. DAD is a rare histological feature of disseminated TB and there may not always be a clinicopathological correlation between ARDS and DAD.