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ea0015p101 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2008

Infectious causes of adrenal insufficiency: a report from South India

Lau Sue Mei , Sarawagi R. , Behera Kishore Kumar , Paul Thomas , Rajaratnam Simon , Thomas Nihal , Seshadri Mandalam Subramaniam

Aim: To determine the aetiology of Addison’s disease in patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in South India from 2001 to 2007.Method: Forty-five patients with Addison’s disease were admitted during this period. Etiological work up was carried out in all these patients.Results: Thirteen patients (29%) had a possible infectious cause: 11.1% histoplasmosis, 8.8% confirmed tuberculosis, 4.4% presumed tuberculosis, 4...
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Endocrine Abstracts
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