Surgical Management of an Infant with Nonresolving Pneumonia

We describe a 3-month-old baby who presented with a nonresolving pneumonia which failed to respond to antibiotic therapy. An underlying congenital pulmonary adenomatous malformation was suspected. On thoracotomy, she was found to have a tuberculous mediastinal abscess which was drained. Mediastinal...

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Autores principales: Prabhudesai, Sumant, Sawant, Vishal, Das, Sujoy, Sawant, Bharati
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9208679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35733598
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_24_21
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Sumario:We describe a 3-month-old baby who presented with a nonresolving pneumonia which failed to respond to antibiotic therapy. An underlying congenital pulmonary adenomatous malformation was suspected. On thoracotomy, she was found to have a tuberculous mediastinal abscess which was drained. Mediastinal abscess is a rare occurrence in childhood tuberculosis.

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