Septic shock due to tuberculosis in Down syndrome.
Both Immune dysfunction and deficiency, are known in Down syndrome. Tuberculosis commonly presents as insidious illness and septicemic shock is its rare presentation, mostly in immunocompromized patients. We report a 16 year old boy with Down syndrome presenting with septicemic shock due to tuberculosis.
Department of Pediatrics, MMIMSR, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India. b_maini@rediffmail.com
Baljeet
B
Maini
Vipul K
VK
Gupta
Sunny
S
Narang
D000293:Adolescent; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology*