When you never thought it would be me
Tuberculosis, both pulmonary and extrapulmonary, is a procoagulant state, which can lead to deep-vein thrombosis and thromboembolism. Rifampicin, the antitubercular drug by itself, can cause a procoagulant state. Here, we describe the case of a patient diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, on antit...
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doaj-781a81149ba14784ad52ecc45166f1cd2021-01-08T02:53:29ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAPIK Journal of Internal Medicine2666-18022666-18102020-01-018420320510.4103/AJIM.AJIM_53_19When you never thought it would be meK R RaveendraH SivaranjaniShivakumar HrishikeshTuberculosis, both pulmonary and extrapulmonary, is a procoagulant state, which can lead to deep-vein thrombosis and thromboembolism. Rifampicin, the antitubercular drug by itself, can cause a procoagulant state. Here, we describe the case of a patient diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, on antitubercular treatment for 25 days, who developed pulmonary thromboembolism.http://www.ajim.in/article.asp?issn=2666-1802;year=2020;volume=8;issue=4;spage=203;epage=205;aulast=Raveendradeep-vein thrombosisprocoagulant statepulmonary thromboembolismrifampicintuberculosis |
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When you never thought it would be me |
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When you never thought it would be me |
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When you never thought it would be me |
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When you never thought it would be me |
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When you never thought it would be me |
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when you never thought it would be me |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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APIK Journal of Internal Medicine |
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Tuberculosis, both pulmonary and extrapulmonary, is a procoagulant state, which can lead to deep-vein thrombosis and thromboembolism. Rifampicin, the antitubercular drug by itself, can cause a procoagulant state. Here, we describe the case of a patient diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, on antitubercular treatment for 25 days, who developed pulmonary thromboembolism. |
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deep-vein thrombosis procoagulant state pulmonary thromboembolism rifampicin tuberculosis |
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