Primary cavitary tuberculosis in an infant
Yazarlar (6)
Zahide Yalaki Ankara Numune Education And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Medine Aysin Tasar Ankara Numune Education And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Eren YILDIZ Ankara Numune Education And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Tugba Zengin Ankara Numune Education And Research Hospital, Türkiye
Ergin Ciftci Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Yildiz Bilge Dallar Ankara Numune Education And Research Hospital, Türkiye
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| Dergi Adı | Turk Pediatri Arsivi | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1306-0015 Dergi Bilgileri (2018) | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 09-2018 |
| Kabul Tarihi | – | Yayınlanma Tarihi | 15-11-2018 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 53 / 3 / 189–192 | DOI | 10.5152/TurkPediatriArs.2018.3908 |
| Makale Linki | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6239070/ | ||
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| Özet |
| In infants, tuberculosis usually progresses as hilar lymphadenopathy and parenchyma changes in lungs; associating cavitary lesions are rare. A six-month-old infant was admitted to our hospital with fever. Physical examination revealed decreased breathe sounds in the right lung. Chest radiograph showed pneumonic infiltration in the right middle lobe. The patient was hospitalized with a diagnosis of lobar pneumonia and antibiotic treatment was started. On the sixth day, because no clinical improvement was observed in the patient, computerized thorax tomography was performed. Tomography revealed multiple lymphadenopathies in the right hilar pretracheal and subcarinal region. The patient’s tuberculin and acid-resistant bacteria tests were negative; however, the quantiferon test was positive. Family screening revealed active tuberculosis in the mother. Tuberculosis in infants may present with unusual clinical … |
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| Cavitation | Infant | Tuberculosis |
