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A Tuberculosis Molecular Bacterial Load Assay (TB-MBLA)
Published on: April 30, 2020
[Tuberculosis and systemic diseases: study of 8 Senegalese cases]
Patients And Methods:
A retrospective study (2000-2007) of the tuberculosis observations during systemic diseases was conducted in the service of Internal Medicine of hospital Aristide Le Dantec of Dakar.
Results:
8 (4 men and 4 women) has been received. The mean age was 54.5 years. The localization of tuberculosis was lung (n=8) with pleurisy (n=2), ganglionic (n=1), vertebral (n=1) and an abscess of the psoas (n=1). The diagnosis of tuberculosis had been carried with the bacteriological analysis of the expectorations (n=7), the histology (n=1). The systemic diseases was: rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's syndrome (n=3), primary Sjögren's syndrome (n=4), autoimmune thrombopenia (n=1). The diagnosis of systemic diseases was previous to that of tuberculosis in 7 cases and concomitant in 1 cases. Under chemotherapy and corticosteroid therapy, the evolution was favorable in 6 patients.
Conclusion:
our study confirms the frequently character spread by the tuberculosis in patients affected by systemic diseases. This association enhances diagnostic and therapeutic problems.
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