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Case Report

Successful Management, in a Low-Resource Setting, of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a 3-Year Old Boy: A Case Report

by
Josina Chilundo
1,2,
Arlindo Muhelo
3,
Zita Ahivaldino
3,
Helton Zucula
3,
Sheila Macuácua
3,
Ana Cristina Mussagi
3,
Damiano Pizzol
4,*,
Lee Smith
5 and
Giuseppe Maggioni
6
1
Department of Pneumology, Central Hospital of Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique
2
Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique
3
Department of Paediatry, Central Hospital of Maputo, Maputo 1113, Mozambique
4
Operative Research Unit, Doctors with Africa Cuamm, Beira 1100, Mozambique
5
Centre for Health, Performance and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK
6
Department of Medicine, University of Padua, 35128 Padova, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Pathogens 2023, 12(9), 1163; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12091163
Submission received: 21 August 2023 / Revised: 11 September 2023 / Accepted: 14 September 2023 / Published: 15 September 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current Research on Tuberculosis Prevention, Treatment, Care and Drugs)
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Abstract

Disseminated or military tuberculosis (TB) is defined as the presence of at least two non-contiguous sites of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, occurring as a result of progressive primary infection, reactivation and spread of a latent focus or due to iatrogenic origin. Disseminated TB represents a life-threatening condition, especially in at-risk children and when diagnosis and treatment are delayed. We report on a case of a 3-year old boy who presented with long-lasting unrecognised disseminated TB that was successfully managed in a low-resource setting.
Keywords: tuberculosis; disseminated TB; low-income setting tuberculosis; disseminated TB; low-income setting

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Chilundo, J.; Muhelo, A.; Ahivaldino, Z.; Zucula, H.; Macuácua, S.; Mussagi, A.C.; Pizzol, D.; Smith, L.; Maggioni, G. Successful Management, in a Low-Resource Setting, of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a 3-Year Old Boy: A Case Report. Pathogens 2023, 12, 1163. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12091163

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Chilundo J, Muhelo A, Ahivaldino Z, Zucula H, Macuácua S, Mussagi AC, Pizzol D, Smith L, Maggioni G. Successful Management, in a Low-Resource Setting, of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a 3-Year Old Boy: A Case Report. Pathogens. 2023; 12(9):1163. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12091163

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Chilundo, Josina, Arlindo Muhelo, Zita Ahivaldino, Helton Zucula, Sheila Macuácua, Ana Cristina Mussagi, Damiano Pizzol, Lee Smith, and Giuseppe Maggioni. 2023. "Successful Management, in a Low-Resource Setting, of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a 3-Year Old Boy: A Case Report" Pathogens 12, no. 9: 1163. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12091163

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Chilundo, J., Muhelo, A., Ahivaldino, Z., Zucula, H., Macuácua, S., Mussagi, A. C., Pizzol, D., Smith, L., & Maggioni, G. (2023). Successful Management, in a Low-Resource Setting, of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a 3-Year Old Boy: A Case Report. Pathogens, 12(9), 1163. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12091163

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