Post-delivery mycobacterium tuberculosis infection misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a common infectious mycobacterial disease having a wide range of clinical and serological manifestations that are similar to rheumatic disease. Differential diagnosis is a crucial aspect in any rheumatic disease as many other infectious diseases portray clinical similarities and autoantibody positivity. Our case report illustrates of a young woman just after the delivery of a child presented an unusual case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis infection initially misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Tuberculosis mimicking the onset of systemic lupus erythematosus flare: Case based review

“…We described 3 cases of TB initially masquerading as a presentation of SLE. Reports of TB cases manifesting initially with SLE are scarce, and there has only been 3 case reports [8][9][10] of TB resembling SLE.…”