<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A woman with Down's syndrome (DS) had sub-febrile temperature, nodular/patchy shadows on the chest X-ray over the right pulmonary base, and a history of recurrent respiratory infections. She was pale, asthenic, uncommunicative, mildly anemic and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 80/first hour. The tuberculin skin test (TST) PPD<sub>3</sub> was negative. <italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</italic> was isolated from oral mucosal brushing, sensitive to the first line anti-tuberculosis drugs. Patients with DS and other mental disabilities need special care and attention during diagnostic procedures for tuberculosis (TB).</p></abstract>

A woman with Down's syndrome (DS) had sub-febrile temperature, nodular/patchy shadows on the chest X-ray over the right pulmonary base, and a history of recurrent respiratory infections. She was pale, asthenic, uncommunicative, mildly anemic and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 80/first hour. The tuberculin skin test (TST) PPD3 was negative. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated from oral mucosal brushing, sensitive to the first line anti-tuberculosis drugs. Patients with DS and other mental disabilities need special care and attention during diagnostic procedures for tuberculosis (TB).

Unusual Detection of Tuberculosis in a Woman with Down's Syndrome

Internal Medicine Department, School of Medicine University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Institute of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Research and Epidemiology Department, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

National Reference Mycobacterial Laboratory, Belgrade, Serbia

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics

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A woman with Down's syndrome (DS) had sub-febrile temperature, nodular/patchy shadows on the chest X-ray over the right pulmonary base, and a history of...

Unusual Detection of Tuberculosis in a Woman with Down's Syndrome

Published Online: Aug 25, 2010

Page range: 59 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10034-010-0021-9

Keywords
Diagnosis, Down's syndrome (DS), Trisomy 21, Tuberculosis (TB)

This content is open access.

Unusual Detection of Tuberculosis in a Woman with Down's Syndrome

Published Online: Aug 25, 2010

Page range: 59 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10034-010-0021-9

KeywordsDiagnosis, Down's syndrome (DS), Trisomy 21, Tuberculosis (TB)

This content is open access.

Keywords
Diagnosis, Down's syndrome (DS), Trisomy 21, Tuberculosis (TB)