Tuberculosis and Blood Disorders

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Summary. Active tuberculous infection was present in 4.6% of patients with haematological diseases as compared to 0.2% of other patients admitted over a similar period of time. There was no evidence either in the literature or in these cases that tuberculosis gave rise to an unusual leukaemoid response. It was more likely that the blood disorder (leukaemia, marrow failure or vitamin B12 deficiency) resulted in loss or diminution of the normal immune response and that this permitted reactivation of an old tuberculous lesion or in a new opportunistic infection.

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