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Friday, May 1, 2009

Day #295 - Tuberculosis and Immune Reconstitiution


We discussed a case of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis which presented on TNF-alpha antagonist therapy.

Addendum: TB Immune Reconstitution Reviewed Recently here.

We also discussed paradoxical worsening of TB post-discontinuation of immunosuppression. The case report I was talking about is available here.
Posted by tcl at 14:08

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