title: Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Tuberculosis is a common infectious mycobacterial disease having a wide range of clinical and serological manifestations that are similar to rheumatic disease. Differential diagnosis is a crucial aspect in any rheumatic disease as many other infectious diseases portray clinical similarities and autoantibody positivity. Our case report illustrates of a young woman just after the delivery of a child presented an unusual case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis infection initially misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
authors.affiliation: The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China. liyuting332745374@qq.com.
authors.forename: Li Yu
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Ting
authors.forename: Bikash
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: Yi Lu
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Fu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ping
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008853:Microscopy; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*