Disseminated tuberculosis in a kidney transplant patient: Diagnostic significance of reversed circadian temperature rhythm.
Int J Mycobacteriol 2012;
1:218-20. [PMID:
26785628 DOI:
10.1016/j.ijmyco.2012.10.002]
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Abstract
Presently, clinicians often forget important aspects of fever patterns. This study presents the case of disseminated tuberculosis in a 64-year-old man whose chief complaint was morning fever. He was a kidney transplant patient and presented with productive cough, reverse fever pattern and a nodular pattern in chest radiograph. Clinicians should suspect disseminated tuberculosis in patients who present with reverse fever pattern, especially with compatible radiographic findings.
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