A Rare Manifestation of Tuberculosis Presenting in the United States
A 64-year-old Bangladeshi female presented to her primary care physician with a tender right breast lump that had been present for 4-5 days along with subjective fevers and malaise. Initial biopsy revealed granulomas, but Ziehl-Neelsen and Gram stain were negative for TB so antibiotics were prescrib...
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| description | A 64-year-old Bangladeshi female presented to her primary care physician with a tender right breast lump that had been present for 4-5 days along with subjective fevers and malaise. Initial biopsy revealed granulomas, but Ziehl-Neelsen and Gram stain were negative for TB so antibiotics were prescribed for abscess until culture came positive for tuberculosis. She was started on triple therapy for extrapulmonary tuberculosis, an exceedingly rare presentation that requires high clinical suspicion in the Western world. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2f9a9299de1b40de82d77c8fb9efd3142025-02-03T01:23:21ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332016-01-01201610.1155/2016/82160408216040A Rare Manifestation of Tuberculosis Presenting in the United StatesOsman Bhatty0David Waters1Nicholas Wilka2Shradha Samuel3John Horne4Renuga Vivekanandan5Department of Medicine, Creighton University, 601 N 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68131, USADepartment of Medicine, Creighton University, 601 N 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68131, USADepartment of Medicine, Creighton University, 601 N 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68131, USADepartment of Medicine, Creighton University, 601 N 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68131, USADepartment of Medicine, Creighton University, 601 N 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68131, USADepartment of Medicine, Creighton University, 601 N 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68131, USAA 64-year-old Bangladeshi female presented to her primary care physician with a tender right breast lump that had been present for 4-5 days along with subjective fevers and malaise. Initial biopsy revealed granulomas, but Ziehl-Neelsen and Gram stain were negative for TB so antibiotics were prescribed for abscess until culture came positive for tuberculosis. She was started on triple therapy for extrapulmonary tuberculosis, an exceedingly rare presentation that requires high clinical suspicion in the Western world.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8216040 |
| spellingShingle | Osman Bhatty David Waters Nicholas Wilka Shradha Samuel John Horne Renuga Vivekanandan A Rare Manifestation of Tuberculosis Presenting in the United States Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | A Rare Manifestation of Tuberculosis Presenting in the United States |
| title_full | A Rare Manifestation of Tuberculosis Presenting in the United States |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Manifestation of Tuberculosis Presenting in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Manifestation of Tuberculosis Presenting in the United States |
| title_short | A Rare Manifestation of Tuberculosis Presenting in the United States |
| title_sort | rare manifestation of tuberculosis presenting in the united states |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8216040 |
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