A Curious Case of Black Limb in Tuberculosis

With a global burden of 10 million new cases per year, tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem in developing countries like India, with an incidence of 2.69 million. With its varied presentations and huge infected numbers, TB continues to remain a dilemma to physicians. The incidence of peripher...

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Published in:Journal of global infectious diseases 2024-01, Vol.16 (1), p.36-38
Main Authors: Balasundaran, Pournami, Manoharan, Heyma Krishna, Bhargava, Jitendra Kishore, Arya, Veerendra, Natarajan, Gowtham
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case Report
Case reports
Coagulation
d-dimer
Developing countries
disseminated intravascular coagulation
Epoprostenol
Gangrene
Ischemia
LDCs
Sepsis
Tazobactam
Tuberculosis
vasculitis
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Summary:With a global burden of 10 million new cases per year, tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem in developing countries like India, with an incidence of 2.69 million. With its varied presentations and huge infected numbers, TB continues to remain a dilemma to physicians. The incidence of peripheral gangrene in TB has been rarely reported. Presentation is mostly in the form of symmetrical peripheral gangrene related to sepsis and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Here, we present a case of 26-year-old male who presented as tubercular pyopneumothorax with peripheral gangrene involving a single limb.
ISSN:0974-777X
0974-8245
DOI:10.4103/jgid.jgid_94_23