Disseminated Tuberculosis in a girl with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: An unusual case mimic-king an autoimmune disease

Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality in the world despite multiple control and treatment strategies. Disseminated tuberculosis corresponds to 5% of cases. We report the first case in literature of an adolescent patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus and disseminated tuberculosis, wh...

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Published inIatreia (Medellín, Colombia) Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 280 - 285
Main Authors Arango Slingsby, Christine, Vinasco Sánchez, Luis Gabriel, Orozco Hernández, Juan Pablo, Enríquez Calvache, Andrés, Rodríguez Ballesteros, María Fernanda, Franco Herrera, Daniela, Marín Rincón, Hamilton Andrés
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Universidad de Antioquia 01.07.2020
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diabetes mellitus
sacroiliitis
tuberculosis miliary
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Summary:Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality in the world despite multiple control and treatment strategies. Disseminated tuberculosis corresponds to 5% of cases. We report the first case in literature of an adolescent patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus and disseminated tuberculosis, who had constitutional symptoms associated with low back pain and was initially, interpreted initially as noninfectious sacroiliitis and a probable inflammatory bowel disease.
ISSN:0121-0793
2011-7965
DOI:10.17533/udea.iatreia.53