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Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna
On-line version ISSN 2312-3893
Abstract
ELIZAUR LOPEZ, Juan Gabriel; MARCEL HUERTA, Roberto; SILVERA RUIZ, Nancy and MALLORQUIN, Margarita. Systemic tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient. Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int. [online]. 2014, vol.1, n.2, pp.61-65. ISSN 2312-3893. https://doi.org/10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2014.01(02)61-065.
This is the case of an HIV negative woman with disseminated tuberculosis affecting her brain, bones and lungs.During the evolution, she developed bacteremia due to Mycobacterium. The patient had good evolution with anti-tuberculosis treatment.
Keywords : disseminated tuberculosis; immunocompetence; Pott's disease; tuberculous encephalitis.