Abstract
A 55-year-old man was admitted to the hospital whose chief complaint was a fever and cough. During the two weeks before admission, his temperature rose intermittently. Two years prior, he had been admitted for the first time with tuberculosis and now a recurrence of the tuberculosis had occurred, so he was readmitted for further therapy. About twenty years ago, the patient was treated for Buerger disease. The patient knows he has had diabetes mellitus for several years, and there is a history of severe alcohol consumption. The present case was considered valuable for clarifying the epidemiologic study of tuberculosis.
