title: Disseminated tuberculosis in a kidney transplant patient: Diagnostic significance of reversed circadian temperature rhythm.
abstract: Presently, clinicians often forget important aspects of fever patterns. This study presents the case of disseminated tuberculosis in a 64-year-old man whose chief complaint was morning fever. He was a kidney transplant patient and presented with productive cough, reverse fever pattern and a nodular pattern in chest radiograph. Clinicians should suspect disseminated tuberculosis in patients who present with reverse fever pattern, especially with compatible radiographic findings.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Department, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashad, Iran. Electronic address: heydariaa@mums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ali Akbar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Heydari
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Department, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashad, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sarvghad
keywords: Disseminated tuberculosis; Kidney transplantation; Morning fever; Reversed circadian temperature rhythm