scholarly journals Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genotypes in patients developing pulmonary tuberculosis related acute respiratory distress syndrome

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Nawal Salahuddin ◽  
Mahnaz Tanveer ◽  
Nisar Rao ◽  
Saeed Akram ◽  
Zahra Hasan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽  
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Distress Syndrome

Pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as acute respiratory distress syndrome

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. e237664
Author(s):  
Neha Chopra ◽  
Sujay Halkur Shankar ◽  
Sagnik Biswas ◽  
Animesh Ray
Keyword(s):  
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
The Other ◽  
Pulmonary Tb ◽  
Parenchymal Disease

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) may present in the form of parenchymal disease or extraparenchymal disease. Patients with TB as a primary cause of respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation have been reported to have mortality rates ranging between 47% and 80%. However, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a presentation of TB is rarely reported. We describe two cases of immunocompetent women presenting with ARDS. They were initially worked up for viral aetiologies in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic but were later diagnosed to have microbiologically proven parenchymal pulmonary TB. One of our patients succumbed to nosocomial pneumonia, while the other was discharged to follow-up.

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