Successful Management, in a Low-Resource Setting, of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a 3-Year Old Boy: A Case Report.

Autor: Chilundo J; Department of Pneumology, Central Hospital of Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique.; Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique., Muhelo A; Department of Paediatry, Central Hospital of Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique., Ahivaldino Z; Department of Paediatry, Central Hospital of Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique., Zucula H; Department of Paediatry, Central Hospital of Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique., Macuácua S; Department of Paediatry, Central Hospital of Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique., Mussagi AC; Department of Paediatry, Central Hospital of Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique., Pizzol D; Operative Research Unit, Doctors with Africa Cuamm, Beira 1100, Mozambique., Smith L; Centre for Health, Performance and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK., Maggioni G; Department of Medicine, University of Padua, 35128 Padova, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) [Pathogens] 2023 Sep 15; Vol. 12 (9). Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 15.
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12091163
Abstrakt: Disseminated or military tuberculosis (TB) is defined as the presence of at least two non-contiguous sites of Mycobacterium tuberculosis , occurring as a result of progressive primary infection, reactivation and spread of a latent focus or due to iatrogenic origin. Disseminated TB represents a life-threatening condition, especially in at-risk children and when diagnosis and treatment are delayed. We report on a case of a 3-year old boy who presented with long-lasting unrecognised disseminated TB that was successfully managed in a low-resource setting.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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