DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Authors
FUJITA M KUNITAKE R NAGANO Y MAEDA F
Citation
M. Fujita et al., DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS, Internal medicine, 36(3), 1997, pp. 218-220
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
218 - 220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1997)36:3<218:DICAWP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a very rare complicati on of pulmonary tuberculosis, We herein describe a case of cavitary tu berculosis complicated with DIC. Rifampin was considered to deteriorat e the clinical course of DIC in this case.