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Rev. chil. enferm. respir ; 32(2): 67-67, jun. 2016. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-795888

ABSTRACT

Lymphadenitis tuberculosis is the most frequent form of non pulmonary tuberculosis. Its incidence has increased in the last years probably because HIV co-infection. Usually manifests like a swelling of lymph nodes in the cervical region without constitutional symptoms. Diagnostics tests yields are poorer than in pulmonary tuberculosis probably due to the scarce bacillus population. Treatment is the same of pulmonary tuberculosis, but paradoxical reactions are far more frequent. These reactions, specially the latest presentations ones very often are treated as recurrence of the disease. Although this is always a possibility, in most cases they are due to an hypersensitivity reaction. In this article we present an illustrative case, an update on tuberculosis lymphadenitis and a review of the paradoxical reactions during its treatment.


La tuberculosis ganglionar es la forma más frecuente de tuberculosis extrapulmonar. Su incidencia ha aumentado, probablemente por la co-infección con VIH. Su presentación clínica más habitual es con un aumento de volumen de los ganglios cervicales sin síntomas constitucionales. Las pruebas diagnósticas tienen menos rendimiento que en la tuberculosis pulmonar por ser una enfermedad con menor población bacilar. Para el tratamiento se utilizan las mismas drogas y duración que en tuberculosis pulmonar, pero existe mayor incidencia de reacciones paradojales, las que pueden ser de difícil manejo. En este artículo presentamos primero un caso clínico particularmente ilustrativo, seguido de una puesta al día sobre tuberculosis ganglionar, incluyendo una revisión sobre el manejo de sus reacciones paradójicas.


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Humans , Female , Adult , Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/complications , Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/drug therapy , Antitubercular Agents/adverse effects
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