A Unique Spectrum of Tuberculosis Flare Up Related to Cardiothoracic Surgery
Al-Ebrahim KE
The heart surgery forum · 2020-03
Abstract
Three cases of tuberculosis (TB) related to or complicating cardiothoracic surgery are presented in this paper. The aim of this article is to alert cardiothoracic surgeons about the presence or rebound of TB, which can complicate cardiothoracic surgeries even in the immediate postoperative course.
MeSH terms
- Humans
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- Heart Diseases
- Postoperative Complications
- Radiography, Thoracic
- Cardiac Surgical Procedures
- Adolescent
- Middle Aged
- Child
- Female
- Male