PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AND SPONTANEUS PNEUMOTHORAX IN AN ADOLESCENT – CASE REPORT

Authors

  • Zorica Živković Bolnica za dečje plućne bolesti i TB, KBC „Dr Dragiša Mišović – Dedinje“, Beograd, Srbija
  • Olivera Ostojić Medical Center „Dr Dragiša Mišović“, Children's Hospital for Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Vesna Veković Medical Center „Dr Dragiša Mišović“, Children's Hospital for Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Ana Stojković Medical Center „Dr Dragiša Mišović“, Children's Hospital for Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Olivera Stojanović Medical Center „Dr Dragiša Mišović“, Children's Hospital for Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Milica Matić Medical Center „Dr Dragiša Mišović“, Children's Hospital for Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Ivana Ćurić Medical Center „Dr Dragiša Mišović“, Children's Hospital for Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Belgrade, Serbia

Keywords:

tuberculosis, children, pneumothorax

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease, but it continues to impact the lives of millions of children and adolescents. Children are more susceptible than adults to development of infection after contact with an infectious adult person and/or an adolescent. However, children are rarely contagious or source of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB). Although Serbia is considered to have a low burden of tuberculosis, there is a great need to draw attention to the importance of screening, preventive measures, early detection and treatment of tuberculosis in order to reduce the number of active disease patients.

We present the case of a 16-year-old girl without known contact with an infective patient who developed complicated form of TB with an early-stage sequels.

 

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Published

04/20/2023

Issue

Prev Ped 2023: 9(1-2)

Section

Case Reports