%0 Journal Article
%T Pancytopenia and Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Case Report
%A Innocent Murhula Kashongwe
%A Okamba Penge
%A Benoit Kabengele Obel
%A Serge Bisuta Fueza
%A Zacharie Kashongwe Munogolo
%J Journal of Tuberculosis Research
%P 62-66
%@ 2329-8448
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jtr.2023.112006
%X <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Background:</span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Hematopoietic
system is seriously affected by tuberculosis. It exerts a dazzling variety of
hematological effects involving both cell lines and plasma components</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><a href=\"#ref1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"></span></a></span></span><span><span><a href=\"#ref1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">[1]</span></a><span></span></span></span><span><span></span></span><span></span><span><span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. Anemia and leukopenia are not unusual with tuberculosis (TB), but
pancytopenia is rare </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><a href=\"#ref2\" target=\"_blank\">[2]</a></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"></span></span></span><span><span></span></span><span></span><span><span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. Findings: In this report, we described a case of a 42 years man
presenting bleeding and pancytopenia; bacteriological pulmonary TB was
established by genotypic rapid test and treatment follow</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ing</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> the WHO guidelines on drug-sensitive TB treatment. Patient recovered
entirely with the WHO recommended regimen associated </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">with</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> general and local treatment of the bleeding.</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conclusion:
This case report emphasizes the importance of always suspecting tuberculosis in
a tuberculosis-endemic area, even when the
%K Pancytopenia
%K Pulmonary Tuberculosis
%K Treatment
%K Case Report
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=125704