Meeting abstract
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-144-supl2-CR58
Manifestations of tuberculosis that we rarely think about
Maja Kopušar
; Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Tin Karakaš
; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Lea Kalajžić
; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Sandra Knežević
; Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Klara Poldan Skorup
; Department of Emergency Medicine, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Tuberculosis is a multi-system infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis mostly affects lungs but it can spread in the form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Around 4.3% of patients experience ischemic stroke and 1.5-3.4% of them experience pulmonary embolism.
Keywords
Cerebrovascular insult, Pulmonary embo- lism, Tuberculosis
Hrčak ID:
279822
URI
Publication date:
27.4.2022.
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