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Septic Shock Due to Tuberculosis in Down Syndrome

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Both Immune dysfunction and deficiency, are known in Down syndrome. Tuberculosis commonly presents as insidious illness and septicemic shock is its rare presentation, mostly in immunocompromized patients. We report a 16 year old boy with Down syndrome presenting with septicemic shock due to tuberculosis.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, MMIMSR, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India

    Baljeet Maini, Vipul K. Gupta & Sunny Narang

  2. House no 465-466, Housing Board Colony, Sector 4, Karnal, Haryana, 132 001, India

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Maini, B., Gupta, V. & Narang, S. Septic Shock Due to Tuberculosis in Down Syndrome. Indian Pediatr 49, 481–482 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-012-0064-y

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