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Rev Cubana Pediatr 2016; 88 (3)

Pneumonia as a form of presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis

Ramos CLT, Sánchez IC, Reyes LC, Barreiro PB, Álvarez LI, Cuello AM

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 360-367
PDF size: 121.66 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: pulmonary tuberculosis is a scourge that keeps affecting the general population, with a great impact on the infant population in the region and worldwide. Since many years ago, it is considered a re-emergent disease and should be identified -as early as possible- by the health workers, and mainly the medical staff.
Case presentation: a 14 years-old male patient who presented with respiratory symptoms for more than 2 months and was admitted to a respiratory disease service under diagnosis of complicated pneumonia. During the interview, interesting data were collected about his/her social and environmental conditions and it was found out that a relative, who live in the same house, did evade the outpatient control after he being diagnosed as a pulmonary tuberculosis case, thus he did not finish the treatment. The main results of the supplementary tests (including positive Mantoux test), progress of chest x-rays and the antituberculosis treatment approved by the Infectology service and the National Center of Reference for Child Tuberculosis were all described.
Conclusions: it is essential to have a detailed epidemiological clinical record of every patient with community-acquired pneumonia.


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