Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus

J Infect Dev Ctries. 2016 Dec 30;10(12):1352-1356. doi: 10.3855/jidc.8151.

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a common infectious mycobacterial disease having a wide range of clinical and serological manifestations that are similar to rheumatic disease. Differential diagnosis is a crucial aspect in any rheumatic disease as many other infectious diseases portray clinical similarities and autoantibody positivity. Our case report illustrates of a young woman just after the delivery of a child presented an unusual case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis infection initially misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnostic Errors*
  • Female
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / pathology*
  • Lymphocytes / pathology
  • Microscopy
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Pelvis / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis / pathology*