title: [Tuberculosis, primary biliary cirrhosis and autoimmunity (apropos of a case in Tunisia)].
abstract: We report the case of a 70 year-old Tunisian patient who developed antimitochondrial antibodies and anti-ADN during urogenital tuberculosis with clinical and biological signs of primary biliary cirrhosis and systemic lupus erythematosus. We discuss the association of the three diseases and the etiopathogeny of the autoimmune mechanisms induced by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Hôpital La Rabta, El Jabbari 1007, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sellami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zitouni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zouiten
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Laadhar
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ben Chaabane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Makni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015551:Autoimmunity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D014416:Tunisia