Tuberculosis septic shock, an elusive pathophysiology and hurdles in management: A case report and review of literature.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-11-2019
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a rare etiology of the septic shock. Timely administration of the anti-microbial agents has shown mortality benefit. Prompt diagnosis and a high index of suspicion are crucial to the management. We present three cases of TBSS with poor outcome in the majority despite timely and susceptible antibiotic administration.
CASE SUMMARY: Sixty-seven-year-old woman with latent TB presented with fever, cough, and shortness of breath. She was promptly diagnosed with active TB and started on the appropriate anti-microbial regimen; she had a worsening clinical course with septic shock and multi-organ failure after initiation of antibiotics. Thirty-three-year-old man immunocompromised with acquired immune deficiency syndrome presented with fever, anorexia and weight loss. He had no respiratory symptoms, and first chest X-ray was normal. He had enlarged liver, spleen and lymph nodes suspicious for lymphoma. Despite broad-spectrum antibiotics, he succumbed to refractory septic shock and multi-organ failure. It was shortly before his death that anti-TB antimicrobials were initiated based on pathology reports of bone marrow and lymph node biopsies. Forty-nine-year-old woman with asthma and latent TB admitted with cough and shortness of breath. Although Initial sputum analysis was negative, a subsequent broncho-alveolar lavage turned out to be positive for acid fast bacilli followed by initiation of susceptible ant-TB regimen. She had a downward spiral clinical course with shock, multi-organ failure and finally death.
CONCLUSION: Worse outcome despite timely initiation of appropriate antibiotics raises suspicion of TB immune reconstitution as a possible pathogenesis for TB septic shock.
Volume
8
Issue
5
First Page
72
Last Page
81
ISSN
2220-3141
Published In/Presented At
Mishra, R., Patel, H. K., Singasani, R., & Vakde, T. (2019). Tuberculosis septic shock, an elusive pathophysiology and hurdles in management: A case report and review of literature. World journal of critical care medicine, 8(5), 72–81. https://doi.org/10.5492/wjccm.v8.i5.72
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
31559146
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article