... threatening compounding of conditions. (24) Suppression of the immune system is the basic cause of HIV -tuberculosis co-infection. In this study there was no case of HIV -tuberculosis co-infection, ... hand, severe fulminating pulmonary tuberculosis remains a challenge. Tuberculosis required intensive care admission a count for 1-3% of all tuberculosis cases. (10,11)Severe tuberculosis triggers ... diagnoses included severe anemia, pulmonary embolism, severe ascitis, malignancy, and sepsis. Also three patients in addition to pulmonary tuberculosis had extra pulmonary tuberculosis, in form of...