title: Hypercalcaemia in a child with miliary tuberculosis.
abstract: Hypercalcaemia and hypercalciuria were diagnosed in a 21-week-old boy with miliary tuberculosis. The tuberculosis was treated with isoniazid, rifampin and streptomycin. After 2 months, streptomycin was replaced by ethambutol. The hypercalcaemia was treated initially with prednisone, which decreased the serum 1.25 (OH)2 cholecalciferol level but the serum calcium level remained unaltered. After calcium and vitamin D restriction, the serum calcium level normalized within 1 day. The patient's tuberculosis was treated and he remains well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gerritsen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Knol
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy; D007223:Infant; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D; D002118:Calcium; D007538:Isoniazid; D011241:Prednisone; D012293:Rifampin; D013307:Streptomycin