title: [Pulmonary tuberculosis mimicking a severe community-acquired pneumonia with rhabdomyolysis].
abstract: We relate the case of a 17 year old girl with active pulmonary tuberculosis which mimicked a severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) associated to rhabdomyolysis. This report underlines the importance of excluding the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in any case of CAP which does not respond to standard antibiotic therapy, remembering that the empiric use of fluoroquinolones could delay the initiation of anti-tuberculosis treatment. This is, to our knowledge, the first description of a case of pulmonary tuberculosis complicated with rhabdomyolysis in a young girl without comorbidities.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Patologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Policlinico G. B. Rossi, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tedesco
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guglielmetti
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cazzadori
authors.forename: Ercole
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Concia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000150:complications*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*