A Case of Miliary Tuberculosis Complicated by Thyroid Involvement: Managing Rifampicin-Induced Thrombocytopenia With Rifabutin.

This case report presents an unusual occurrence of miliary tuberculosis with thyroid tuberculosis in a 75-year-old male patient, who successfully completed the treatment with rifabutin after rifampicin-induced thrombocytopenia. The patient has been suffering from diabetes mellitus and chronic heart failure, and had coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) just before being diagnosed with miliary tuberculosis. The patient had not been prescribed immunosuppressants and steroids.