title: Clinical review of eight patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to pulmonary tuberculosis.
abstract: Pulmonary tuberculosis can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) even in the absence of superinfection, and this condition requires mechanical ventilation. We describe herein the characteristics and outcomes of 8 patients with this association hospitalized in a French teaching hospital between 1997 and 2006.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation Médicale Assistance Respiratoire, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France. patrice.befort@gmail.com
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Befort
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Corne
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Godreuil
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jonquet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006760:Hospitalization; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*