Laryngeal tuberculosis and stridor in a patient with AIDS

Authors

  • Daniel D. Buff Department of Medicine St.John's Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway, N.Y. 11691. State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
  • João M. Frazão Department of Medicine St.John's Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway, N.Y. 11691. State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
  • Sabrina Grochowski Department of Medicine St.John's Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway, N.Y. 11691. State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.

Keywords:

tuberculosis, laryngea acquired im­munodeficiency syndrome

Abstract

We present thefirst reported case ofrespiratory distress and stridor due laryngeal tuberculosis to occur in a patient with the Acquired Immunodefici­ency Syndrome (AIDS). As such, larygeal tubercu­losis should considered as a possible cause when an AIDS patient develops respiratory distress.

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Published

1995-03-31

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Buff DD, Frazão JM, Grochowski S. Laryngeal tuberculosis and stridor in a patient with AIDS. RPMI [Internet]. 1995 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 Dec. 18];2(1):26-7. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2340

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (1995): Janeiro/ Março

Section

Case Reports

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