Clinical review of eight patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to pulmonary tuberculosis.

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Clinical review of eight patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to pulmonary tuberculosis.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;44(3):222-4

Authors: Befort P, Corne P, Godreuil S, Jung B, Jonquet O

Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) even in the absence of superinfection, and this condition requires mechanical ventilation. We describe herein the characteristics and outcomes of 8 patients with this association hospitalized in a French teaching hospital between 1997 and 2006.

PMID: 21919595 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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