TY - JOUR
T1 - Hyperferritinemia in pulmonary tuberculosis
AU - D'Souza, Benedicta
AU - Sinha, Sulekha
AU - Manjrekar, Poornima
AU - D'Souza, Vivian
PY - 2013/7/1
Y1 - 2013/7/1
N2 - High ferritin levels have been found to be associated with non infectious as well as infectious causes including tuberculosis. This is one case report of 41 year old male who presented with cough with expectoration. The patient had Multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The laboratory findings showed Iron 280 μg/dl, Total iron binding capacity (TIBC) 61 μg/dl, and ferritin 92,945 ng/ml which indicates that iron is an essential nutrient for the survival of the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
AB - High ferritin levels have been found to be associated with non infectious as well as infectious causes including tuberculosis. This is one case report of 41 year old male who presented with cough with expectoration. The patient had Multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The laboratory findings showed Iron 280 μg/dl, Total iron binding capacity (TIBC) 61 μg/dl, and ferritin 92,945 ng/ml which indicates that iron is an essential nutrient for the survival of the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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U2 - 10.1007/s12291-012-0289-5
DO - 10.1007/s12291-012-0289-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84879694499
SN - 0970-1915
VL - 28
SP - 309
EP - 310
JO - Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry
JF - Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry
IS - 3
ER -
