Water-pipe Smoking as a Risk Factor for Transmitting Mycobacterium tuberculosis
A 20-year-old Swiss male presented at the emergency department with acute onset of febrile temperatures and hemoptysis and a 3-month history of productive cough. An X-ray and CT scan of the chest, sputum samples for acid-fast bacilli, polymerase chain reaction(PCR), and cultures for Mycobacteria rev...
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doaj-9576abe3f1ee40a6824cdae2fd0ff7192020-11-24T21:40:55ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942019-12-0110.12890/2019_0013421342Water-pipe Smoking as a Risk Factor for Transmitting Mycobacterium tuberculosisAnna Ursula Marchetti0Oliver Louis Boss1Carla Michelle Schenker2Kaspar Kälin3Department of Internal Medicine, Spital Uster, Uster, SwitzerlandDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDepartment of Internal Medicine, Spital Interlaken, Interlaken, SwitzerlandDepartment of Internal Medicine, Spital Emmental, Burgdorf, SwitzerlandA 20-year-old Swiss male presented at the emergency department with acute onset of febrile temperatures and hemoptysis and a 3-month history of productive cough. An X-ray and CT scan of the chest, sputum samples for acid-fast bacilli, polymerase chain reaction(PCR), and cultures for Mycobacteria revealed pulmonary infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. None of the classical risk factors for tuberculosis were present, but the patient reported regularly smoking a water pipe. Water-pipe smoking poses a serious risk of M. tuberculosis transmission.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1342mycobacterium tuberculosisrisk factorswater-pipe smokingtransmissioninfectioncavern |
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Water-pipe Smoking as a Risk Factor for Transmitting Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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Water-pipe Smoking as a Risk Factor for Transmitting Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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Water-pipe Smoking as a Risk Factor for Transmitting Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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Water-pipe Smoking as a Risk Factor for Transmitting Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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Water-pipe Smoking as a Risk Factor for Transmitting Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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water-pipe smoking as a risk factor for transmitting mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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SMC MEDIA SRL |
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
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2284-2594 |
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2019-12-01 |
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A 20-year-old Swiss male presented at the emergency department with acute onset of febrile temperatures and hemoptysis and a 3-month history of productive cough. An X-ray and CT scan of the chest, sputum samples for acid-fast bacilli, polymerase chain reaction(PCR), and cultures for Mycobacteria revealed pulmonary infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. None of the classical risk factors for tuberculosis were present, but the patient reported regularly smoking a water pipe. Water-pipe smoking poses a serious risk of M. tuberculosis transmission. |
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mycobacterium tuberculosis risk factors water-pipe smoking transmission infection cavern |
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