Septic Shock Due to Tuberculosis in Down Syndrome |
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| Authors: | Baljeet Maini Vipul K. Gupta Sunny Narang |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Three Biotech, One Innovation Drive, Worcester, MA 01655, USA |
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Both Immune dysfunction and deficiency, are known in Down syndrome. Tuberculosis commonly presents as insidious illness and septicemic shock is its rare presentation, mostly in immunocompromized patients. We report a 16 year old boy with Down syndrome presenting with septicemic shock due to tuberculosis. |
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