Title
Disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis associated with lymph node tuberculosis in a non immunocompromised child
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Díaz A.
Montalvo J.
Pomazongo M.
Montalvo M.
Tunque E.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
The association of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) and tuberculosis (TB) produces an uncommon hyperinflammatory syndrome, causing multiorgan dysfunction. TB associated PCM is a rare condition, but it is fatal if not treated. Herein, we present a immunocompetent child who is admitted for fever and painful lymphadenopathy, with evidence of acid-alcohol-resistant bacillus (AARB) in cervical lymph node biopsy, antituberculous treatment was started with partial clinical improvement and is given discharge from hospital. At 3 weeks, he was readmitted by fever, weight loss, dyspnea and a greater number of adenopathies, in the new biopsy multiple yeasts were found compatible with PCM, our patient responded well to the combination of antituberculosis therapy(ATT), corticosteroid, and amphotericin B deoxycholate, presenting clinical improvement and subsequently continued with itraconazole.
Volume
29
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Pediatría Enfermedades infecciosas Sistema respiratorio
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85131071823
Source
IDCases
ISSN of the container
22142509
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