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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop ; 45(4): 535-537, July-Aug. 2012. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-646911

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Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic, suppurative, granulomatous infection caused by a group of gram-positive anaerobic bacteria belonging to the natural flora of the oral cavity and gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts. It may involve several organs. This case study refers to pulmonary actinomycosis with chest wall involvement and cord compression in a 29-year-old male who presented with fever, cough, hemoptysis, neck pain, and paresis and plegia of the lower limbs of 5-month duration.


A actinomicose é uma infecção rara, crônica, supurativa e granulomatosa, causada por um grupo de bactérias anaeróbias Gram-positivas que pertencem à flora natural da cavidade oral, do aparelho gastrointestinal e urogenital. Pode envolver diversos órgãos. O estudo refere-se à actinomicose pulmonar com envolvimento da parede torácica e compressão medular em um paciente masculino com 29 anos que apresentava febre, tosse, hemoptise e cervicalgia, além de paresia e plegia em membros inferiores com cinco meses de evolução.


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Adult , Humans , Male , Actinomycosis/complications , Lung Diseases/complications , Spinal Cord Compression/microbiology , Thoracic Wall/microbiology , Actinomycosis/diagnosis , Decompression, Surgical , Lung Diseases/microbiology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Spinal Cord Compression/diagnosis , Spinal Cord Compression/surgery , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Rev. Soc. Bras. Clín. Méd ; 9(3)maio-jun. 2011.
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-588526

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JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A dapsona é um medicamentode uso amplo, entre os quais se inclui o tratamento da hanseníase. A agranulocitose é descrita como uma reação adversa desse medicamento, embora seja rara e imprevisível. O objetivo deste estudo foi relatar um caso de agranulocitose induzida por dapsona em paciente com hanseníase.RELATO DO CASO: Paciente do sexo feminino, 56 anos, admitida no pronto-atendimento, com história e exame físico compatíveis com amigdalite com início há quatro dias, bem como dor torácica e dispneia. Estava em tratamento de hanseníase com clofazimina e dapsona havia dois meses. O hemograma revelava anemia (hemoglobina = 9,3 g%), leucopenia (800/mm3 - 1% segmentados, 98% linfócitos e 1% monócitos) plaquetopenia (144.000/mm3), e reticulocitose (2,5% ou 87.750/mm3). Os exames de imagem não demonstraram alterações. Diante do quadro, foi suspenso o tratamento com dapsona e realizado antibioticoterapia por via venosa e terapia com fator estimulador de colônia de granulócitos. A paciente teve melhora clínica significativa,recebendo alta no 20° dia de internação hospitalar para acompanhamento ambulatorial.CONCLUSÃO: Considerando que o risco de desenvolvimento da agranulocitose é muito pequeno, ele não deve, em geral, ser um fator importante na decisão sobre o uso da dapsona em pacientes com hanseníase. Entretanto, devem-se conhecer suas manifestações e logo que identificada realizar a terapêutica adequada.(AU)


BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Dapsone is a drug with many uses, including the treatment of leprosy. Agranulocytosisis described as an adverse reaction of this drug, in spite of being rare and unpredictable. This study has the objective of reporting a case of agranulocytosis mediated by dapsone in a patient with leprosy.CASE REPORT: Female patient, 56-year-old, who presented to the emergency department with clinical history and examination suggestive of tonsillitis within 4 days of onset as well as chestpain and dyspnea. She was in treatment of leprosy with clofazimine and dapsone for 2 months. The complete blood count showed anemia (hemoglobin = 9.3 g%), leukopenia (800/mm3 - 1% neutrophil granulocytes, 98% lymphocytes and 1% monocytes) thrombocytopenia (144.000/mm3), and reticulocytosis(2,5% or 87.750/mm3). The imaging studies have not shown anyabnormalities. The treatment with dapsone was withdrawn and it was started therapy with intravenous antibiotics and granulocytecolony-stimulating factor. The patient had significant clinical improvement,and was discharged for outpatient treatment in the 20th day of hospital admission.CONCLUSION: Considering that the risk of developing agranulocytosisis very low, it should not be, usually, an importantfactor for the decision of using dapsone in patients with leprosy.Nonetheless, its manifestations must be known and, as soon as this complication is identified, the adequate therapy must be provided.(AU)


Subject(s)
Middle Aged , Tonsillitis/diagnosis , Antibiotic Prophylaxis , Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination/therapeutic use , Dapsone/adverse effects , Agranulocytosis/chemically induced , Leprosy/drug therapy
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