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Primary Cavitating Tuberculosis in a 2-month-old Infant

Author(s) -

Wen Yang,

Jianjun Deng,

Siyan Deng,

Yu Zhu,

Min Shu,

Qin Guo,

Chaomin Wan

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the pediatric infectious disease journal

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028

H-Index - 140

eISSN - 1532-0987

pISSN - 0891-3668

DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e3182677fe3

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , primary tuberculosis , lesion , cyst , pulmonary tuberculosis , radiology , surgery , pathology

Cavitation in primary pulmonary tuberculosis is rare, particularly in infants. We report a case of a 2-month-old infant with primary cavitating tuberculosis. Computed tomography first showed consolidation of the left upper lobe, and results of a course of antimicrobial therapy demonstrated a cystic lesion. The cyst was demonstrated to be a tuberculous cavity by postoperative histopathologic examination.

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