Pediatric bacillary pulmonary tuberculosis - case report

Authors

  • Andreia Lomba Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga
  • Ana Ferraz Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga
  • Sónia Regina Silva Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga
  • Maria Manuel Flores Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga
  • Alcina Saraiva Department ou Pulmonology, Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v29.i1.14777

Keywords:

chemoprophylaxis, mycobacterium tuberculosis, pediatric, pulmonary tuberculosis

Abstract

Children are more susceptible than adults to development of tuberculosis after exposure to active disease, hence screening and chemoprophylaxis are particularly important. Although Portugal is considered to have a low burden of tuberculosis, educating the population on the importance of screening and treatment is vital to decrease the number of cases. Herein is reported the case of an 11-year-old girl with previous contact with active tuberculosis who was lost to follow-up and later diagnosed with bacillary pulmonary tuberculosis.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Berti E, Galli L, Venturini E, de Martini M, Chiapinni E. Tuberculosis in childhood: a systematic review of national and international guidelines. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014; 14:1471-2334.

Cruz AT, Starke, JR. Pediatric Tuberculosis. Pediatrics in Review. 2010; 31;13.

Portugal. Ministério da Saúde. Direção-Geral da Saúde. Tuberculose em Portugal - Desafios e Estratégias 2018 Lisboa: Direção-Geral da Saúde, 2018.

Fildan AP, Tofolean D, Toma C, Tudorache E, Dantes E. Severe cases of pediatric tuberculosis. Jurnalul Pediatrului; 2015; 18;33-7.

Migliori GB, Sotgiu G, Rosales-Klintz S, Centis R, D’Ambrosio L, Abubakar I, et al. ERS/ECDC Statement: European Union standards for tuberculosis care, 2017 update. Eur Respir J. 2018. 17;51.

Kitai I, Demers A. Pediatric Tuberculosis. In: Menzies D, editor. Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 7th edition; 2013, p. 219-45.

Carvalho A, Carvalho I, Marques L, Pereira L, Brito MJ, Duarte, R. Consensus about the management of the child exposed to a patient with tuberculosis. Acta Pediatr Port 2014; 45;242-51.

Downloads

Published

2020-03-24

How to Cite

1.
Lomba A, Ferraz A, Regina Silva S, Flores MM, Saraiva A. Pediatric bacillary pulmonary tuberculosis - case report. REVNEC [Internet]. 2020Mar.24 [cited 2024Dec.9];29(1):56-8. Available from: https://revistas.rcaap.pt/nascercrescer/article/view/14777

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Case Reports

License

Copyright and Authors' Rights

All articles published in Nascer e Crescer - Birth and Growth Medical Journal are Open Access and comply with the requirements of funding agencies or academic institutions. For use by third parties, Nascer e Crescer - Birth and Growth Medical Journal adheres to the terms of the Creative Commons License "Attribution - Non-Commercial Use (CC-BY-NC)".

It is the author's responsibility to obtain permission to reproduce figures, tables, etc. from other publications.

Authors must submit a Conflict of Interest statement and an Authorship Form with the submission of the article. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript.

Authors are permitted to make their articles available in repositories at their home institutions, provided that they always indicate where the articles were published and adhere to the terms of the Creative Commons license.

Most read articles by the same author(s)