Rosete SEM, Mejía DL, Morales PDM, Ortuño SG, Huerta RJF

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 233-237
PDF size: 99.13 Kb.

ABSTRACT

The pleural effusion due to M. tuberculosis is an infection seen in adolescents and adults. This disease could be as a primary illness or due to reactivation of the tuberculosis. The long term complications are thickening, calcification or pleural fibrosis with respiratory that can require a surgery decortication. Here is presented the case of a 15 year-old adolescent with pleural effusion. Emphasis is done in the guide lines for the diagnosis and the treatment of this patients.

REFERENCES

1. Hiraki A, Aoe K, Eda R, Maeda T, Murakami T, Sugi K et al. Comparison of six biological marker for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis. Chest 2004; 125: 987-9.

2. Lima D, Collares K, Fonseca B. Combined use of the polymerase chain reaction and detection of adenosine deaminase activity on pleural fluid improves the rate of diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis. Chest 2003; 124: 909-14.

3. Murin S, Moritz E. Bilateral tuberculous pleural effusions with markedly different characteristics. Chest 1996; 110: 849-850.

4. Koch R. The etiology of tuberculosis. Ben Klin Woch 1882; 15: 221-30.

5. Palendira U, Kamath A, Feng C, Martin E, Chaplin P, Triccas J et al. Coexpression of interleukin 12 chains by a self splicing vector increases the protective cellular immune response of DNA and Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccines against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Infect Immun 2002; 70: 1949-56.

6. Ellner J. The immune response in human tuberculosis. J Infect Dis 1997; 177: 1351-9.

7. Paez I, Pino P, Gassiot C, Rodríguez J, Placeres A. Derrame pleural paraneumónico y empiema pleural. Acta Médica 2000; 9: 52-8.

8. Paz F, Céspedes P, Cuevas M, Lecorre N, Navarro H, García C. Derrame pleural y empiema. Rev Med Chile 2001; 129: 1289-96.

9. Hsu K, Moore T. Pathological case of the month. Arch of Ped 2001; 155: 1173-4.

10. Villalba C. Tuberculosis un problema de actualidad. Gac Méd Méx 2003; 139: 471-92.

11. Merino J, Carpintero I, Álvarez T, Sánchez J, Coello J. Tuberculous pleural effusion in children. Chest 1999; 115: 26-30.

12. Pai M, Flores L, Hubbard A, Riley L, Colford J. Nucleic acid amplification tests in the diagnosis of tuberculosis pleuritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infect Dis 2004; 4: 1-14.

13. Valdes L, Álvarez D, San José E, Penela P, Valle J, García J et al. Tuberculous pleurisy: a study of 254 patients. Arch Intern Med 1998; 158: 2017-21.

14. Valdes L, San José E, Juanatey J, Pose A, Valle J, Salgueiro M et al. Value of adenosine deaminase in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusions in young patients in a region of high prevalence of tuberculosis. Thorax 1995; 50: 600-3.

15. De Pablo A, Villena V, Sustaeta J, Encuentra A. Are pleural fluid parameters related to the development of residual pleural thickening in tuberculosis? Chest 1997; 112: 1293-7.

16. Villegas M, Labrada L, Saravia N. Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction, adenosine deaminase, and interferon-gamma in pleural fluid for the differential diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis. Chest 2000; 118: 1355-64.

17. Galarza I, Granados A, Estopa R, Manresa F. Randomized trial of corticosteroids in the treatment of tuberculous pleurisy. Thorax 1995; 50: 1305-7.

18. Satish B, Bunker M, Seddon P. Management of thoracic empyema in childhood: does the pleural thickening matter? Arch Dis Child 2003; 88: 918-21.

19. Mouroux J, Maalouf J, Padovani B, Rotomondo C, Richelme H. Surgical management of pleuropulmonary tuberculosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 111: 662-70.