Tuberculosis pneumonia as a primary cause of respiratory failure--report of two cases.
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the treatable diseases rarely causing Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF). Hypoxic respiratory failure is often fatal in miliary tuberculosis and acute tuberculous bronchopneumonia. We describe two patients of tuberculous pneumonia with ARF who were successfully treated with early appropriate anti-tuberculosis therapy.
Puri
M M
MM
Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi. mmpuri@rediffmail.com
Kumar
Subodh
S
Prakash
Brahma
B
Lokender
K
K
Jaiswal
A
A
Behera
D
D
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy