Pulmonary tuberculosis reactivation is an unusual cause of respiratory failure after cardiac surgery. Fulminating tuberculosis was reactivated in a 50-year-old man after combined coronary artery bypass grafting and pulmonary resection on cardiopulmonary bypass. Clinicians should be aware of the immunosuppressive effects associated with cardiopulmonary bypass, and the consequent potential for tuberculosis reactivation.
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