Challenging Detection of Latent Tuberculosis in a Patient Undergoing High-Dose Corticosteroid Therapy for Acute Hemolytic Anemia and Rhupus Arthropathy
Frederick S. Ditmars, John P. Davis, Benjamin Greiner, David Reynoso
Abstract
In this report, we discuss how autoimmune conditions and associated immunocompromise may impact diagnostic utility of molecular screening tools for mycobacterial infection. Imaging, molecular screening, and clinical judgment are required to rule out disease in the immunocompromised, especially in an acute setting
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Latent tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Intensive care medicine
- Disease
- Arthropathy
- Immunology
- Corticosteroid
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis