title: [Severe pulmonary tuberculosis and multiple organ failure].
abstract: Thirty four cases of severe pulmonary tuberculosis complicated by multiple organ failure were reported. The failure usually started firstly from the lung (70.6%). The various organ failures occurred successively to the heart, brain, liver, kidney, stomach and intestines. The death rate is 58.8 percent. The standard of diagnosis and the measures of prevention and treatment were suggested.
authors.affiliation: Hospital 83 of PLA, Nanjing.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011379:Prognosis; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*