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

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-t...

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Autores principales: Chilundo, Josina, Muhelo, Arlindo, Ahivaldino, Zita, Zucula, Helton, Macuácua, Sheila, Mussagi, Ana Cristina, Pizzol, Damiano, Smith, Lee, Maggioni, Giuseppe
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10537502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37764971
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12091163
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author Chilundo, Josina
Muhelo, Arlindo
Ahivaldino, Zita
Zucula, Helton
Macuácua, Sheila
Mussagi, Ana Cristina
Pizzol, Damiano
Smith, Lee
Maggioni, Giuseppe
author_facet Chilundo, Josina
Muhelo, Arlindo
Ahivaldino, Zita
Zucula, Helton
Macuácua, Sheila
Mussagi, Ana Cristina
Pizzol, Damiano
Smith, Lee
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-105375022023-09-29 Successful Management, in a Low-Resource Setting, of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a 3-Year Old Boy: A Case Report Chilundo, Josina Muhelo, Arlindo Ahivaldino, Zita Zucula, Helton Macuácua, Sheila Mussagi, Ana Cristina Pizzol, Damiano Smith, Lee Maggioni, Giuseppe Pathogens Case Report 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. MDPI 2023-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10537502/ /pubmed/37764971 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12091163 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Chilundo, Josina
Muhelo, Arlindo
Ahivaldino, Zita
Zucula, Helton
Macuácua, Sheila
Mussagi, Ana Cristina
Pizzol, Damiano
Smith, Lee
Maggioni, Giuseppe
Successful Management, in a Low-Resource Setting, of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a 3-Year Old Boy: A Case Report
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title_fullStr Successful Management, in a Low-Resource Setting, of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a 3-Year Old Boy: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Successful Management, in a Low-Resource Setting, of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a 3-Year Old Boy: A Case Report
title_short Successful Management, in a Low-Resource Setting, of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a 3-Year Old Boy: A Case Report
title_sort successful management, in a low-resource setting, of disseminated tuberculosis in a 3-year old boy: a case report
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37764971
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12091163
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