CD4(+) T-lymphocytopenia and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a patient with miliary tuberculosis

P Onorati; P Carfagna; P Palange; M Venditti; P Serra

doi:10.1016/s0953-6205(01)00113-3

CD4(+) T-lymphocytopenia and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a patient with miliary tuberculosis

Eur J Intern Med. 2001 Apr;12(2):134-136. doi: 10.1016/s0953-6205(01)00113-3.

Authors

P Onorati¹, P Carfagna, P Palange, M Venditti, P Serra

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Divisione Clinica Medica III, Università "La Sapienza", Policlinico Umberto I, Viale dell'Università 37, 00185, Rome, Italy

PMID: 11297918
DOI: 10.1016/s0953-6205(01)00113-3

Abstract

We report a case of miliary tuberculosis (MTB) occurring after extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy in a 51-year-old man. The MTB was complicated by pancytopenia and CD4(+) T-lymphocytopenia, which was responsible for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Hematological parameters returned to normal in response to antituberculous treatment.