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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Main Authors: K R Raveendra, H Sivaranjani, Shivakumar Hrishikesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:APIK Journal of Internal Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ajim.in/article.asp?issn=2666-1802;year=2020;volume=8;issue=4;spage=203;epage=205;aulast=Raveendra
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spelling 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
APIK Journal of Internal Medicine
deep-vein thrombosis
procoagulant state
pulmonary thromboembolism
rifampicin
tuberculosis
author_facet K R Raveendra
H Sivaranjani
Shivakumar Hrishikesh
author_sort K R Raveendra
title When you never thought it would be me
title_short When you never thought it would be me
title_full When you never thought it would be me
title_fullStr When you never thought it would be me
title_full_unstemmed When you never thought it would be me
title_sort when you never thought it would be me
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series APIK Journal of Internal Medicine
issn 2666-1802
2666-1810
publishDate 2020-01-01
description 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.
topic deep-vein thrombosis
procoagulant state
pulmonary thromboembolism
rifampicin
tuberculosis
url http://www.ajim.in/article.asp?issn=2666-1802;year=2020;volume=8;issue=4;spage=203;epage=205;aulast=Raveendra
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