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Tuberculosis peritoneal. Una forma de presentación poco frecuente de una enfermedad emergente en pediatría
Author(s) -
Nancy De Olivera,
Liliana Cedrés,
Carlos Kierszenbaum,
Carlos Juambeltz,
Gustavo Giachetto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2020.e77
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , pathology
Tuberculosis constitutes an important health problem, affecting one third of the world's population. The pulmonary localization is the most frequent one, being rare the peritoneal presentation. Clinical manifestations are non-specific so the diagnosis requires a high level of suspicion. The case of a 13-year-old teenager hospitalized for peritoneal tuberculosis is reported. The objective is to describe a rare form of extra-pulmonary manifestation of M. tuberculosis infection in the pediatric age and to sensitize the medical community, in the current epidemiological context, to the reemergence of this disease and the importance of timely diagnosis and treatment as well as strengthening control and prevention measures.

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