Multifocal Tuberculosis with Prolonged Paradoxical Reaction
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Tuberculosis paradoxical reaction.
T is endemic in this part of the world. We frequently encounter patients with both pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis regardless of whether they are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or not. It is not uncommon for physicians to see clinical or radiological, or both, worsening of the disease while their patient is on anti-tuberculous treatment, the so-called paradoxical rea...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of King Abdulaziz University - Medical Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1658-4279,1319-1004
DOI: 10.4197/med.26-1.7