ea0015p101 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2008
Lau Sue Mei
, Sarawagi R.
, Behera Kishore Kumar
, Paul Thomas
, Rajaratnam Simon
, Thomas Nihal
, Seshadri Mandalam Subramaniam
Aim: To determine the aetiology of Addisons disease in patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in South India from 2001 to 2007.Method: Forty-five patients with Addisons 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...