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- Title
Co-infection with Streptococcus anginosus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an immunocompetent pediatric patient. A case report.
- Authors
Saldaña, Napoleon González; Bejarano, José Iván Castillo; Porras, Marte Hernández; de la Garza, Eduardo Arias; Gutiérrez, Sofia Fortes; Gutiérrez, Jose Luis Copado; Olguin, Hugo Juarez
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Simultaneous infection in tuberculosis (TB) is rare. The mixed infection between Streptococcus anginosus group (SAG) and M. tuberculosis (MTB) has not been reported in children. The aim of this report was to describe a pediatric case with a pulmonary abscess caused by the duality SAG-MTB co-infection.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>An 11-year-old boy with an acute onset of throbbing pain of two-day evolution located in the anterior chest wall. The patient reported a history of fever, cough and rhinorrhea during the last seven days. An anterior chest radiography revealed a heterogenic opacity at the lower right lobe while the lateral projection showed an obliteration at the anterior diaphragmatic insertion. Parenteral Ceftriaxone (100 mg/kg/day) and Dicloxacillin (200 mg/kg/day) was started. The abscess was subsequently drained and analyzed. After a year of follow-up, the patient remained asymptomatic.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>This case represents the first reported case of pulmonary co-infection involving MTB and SAG in an immunocompetent pediatric patient.
- Subjects
SCREEN Actors Guild; MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; MIXED infections; STREPTOCOCCUS; NECROTIZING fasciitis; LIVER abscesses; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS meningitis
- Publication
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2020, Vol 20, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2466
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12890-019-1044-y