18 August 2021>: Articles
A 55-Year-Old Japanese Man with Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosed with Disseminated Tuberculosis Identified by Liver Function Abnormalities: A Case Report
Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Adverse events of drug therapy, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)
Akio Miyasaka A* , Shinichirou Sato B , Tomoyuki Masuda C , Yasuhiro Takikawa ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.931369
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e931369
Table 2. Test for epithelioid granuloma to confirm tuberculosis infection.
Urine smear | Negative |
Stool smear | Negative |
Sputum smear | Negative |
Gastric smear | Negative |
Bone marrow smear | Negative |
Urine | Negative |
Stool | Negative |
Sputum | Negative |
Gastric | Negative |
Bone marrow | Negative |
Tuberculin test | Positive |
Interferon-γ releasing assay | Indeterminate |
ADA | 33.0 IU/L |
ACE | 8.4 U/L |
Lysozyme | 10.7 μg/mL |
PCR – polymerase chain reaction; ADA – adenosine deaminase; ACE – angiotensin-converting enzyme. |