title: Immune thrombocytopenia in tuberculosis: causal or coincidental?
abstract: Immune thrombocytopenia is a relatively rare hematological manifestation in tuberculosis. We report two cases of immune thrombocytopemia, one in sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis and the other in miliary tuberculosis. Antituberculous drugs and immunosuppressive therapy corrected the thrombocytopenia in both patients. Our case reports stress that tuberculosis should be considered during the evaluation of immune thrombocytopenia, and also highlights the safety of immunosuppressive therapy during active tuberculosis along with antituberculous drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, PSGIMSR, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Gopalakrishnan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Srividya
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, PSGIMSR, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Gopalakrishna Pillai Syamala
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Nikhila
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, PSGIMSR, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Adusumilli Venkatakrishna
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kaushik
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, PSGIMSR, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Kuppusamy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jayachandran
keywords: Immune thrombocytopenia; Miliary tuberculosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis