Open AccessAcute respiratory distress during paradoxical reaction to antituberculous therapy in an 8-month-old child
Author(s) -
Ira Shah,
Sujeet Chilkar,
Manisha Patil,
Uma Ali
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.102840
Subject(s) - medicine , paradoxical reaction , respiratory distress , tuberculosis , presentation (obstetrics) , mediastinal lymph node , disease , acute respiratory distress , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , respiratory system , distress , pediatrics , surgery , lung , pathology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , cancer , clinical psychology , metastasis
Paradoxical reaction during antituberculosis treatment (ATT) is commonly seen as tuberculous lymphadenitis of peripheral lymph node, cerebral tuberculomas, pulmonary infiltrates, and pleural disease. This phenomenon is more commonly associated with extrapulmonary tuberculosis and disseminated tuberculosis. Respiratory distress, as presentation of paradoxical reaction, is rare. We report an 8-month-old child with primary progressive tuberculosis without mediastinal adenopathy, who developed paradoxical reaction with extensive mediastinal adenopathy within 15 days of ATT and presented with severe respiratory distress. The child responded to short course of high-dose steroids.