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

Published:2023-09-15 Issue:9 Volume:12 Page:1163
ISSN:2076-0817
Container-title:Pathogens
language:en
Short-container-title:Pathogens

Author:

Chilundo Josina¹²,Muhelo Arlindo³,Ahivaldino Zita³^ORCID,Zucula Helton³,Macuácua Sheila³,Mussagi Ana Cristina³,Pizzol Damiano⁴^ORCID,Smith Lee⁵^ORCID,Maggioni Giuseppe⁶^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pneumology, Central Hospital of Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique

2. Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique

3. Department of Paediatry, Central Hospital of Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique

4. Operative Research Unit, Doctors with Africa Cuamm, Beira 1100, Mozambique

5. Centre for Health, Performance and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK

6. Department of Medicine, University of Padua, 35128 Padova, Italy

Abstract

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.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),General Immunology and Microbiology,Molecular Biology,Immunology and Allergy

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/9/1163/pdf

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