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Medisan ; 24(1)ene.-feb. 2020. imag
Article in Spanish | LILACS, CUMED | ID: biblio-1091168

ABSTRACT

Se describe el caso clínico de un paciente de 18 años de edad, seropositivo al VIH, quien fue atendido en el Hospital Provincial de Luena, provincia angolana de Moxico, por presentar dolor lumbar. Se le realizó tomografía axial computarizada, la cual mostró gran destrucción vertebral y colecciones paravertebrales bilaterales. El paciente mantuvo una evolución desfavorable y falleció 20 días después de realizado el diagnóstico.


The case report of an 18 years patient, HIV seropositive is described. He was assisted at Luena Provincial Hospital, angolan province of Moxico due to a lumbar pain. A computerized axial tomography was carried out, which showed great vertebral destruction and bilateral paravertebral collections. The patient maintained an unfavorable clinical course and died 20 days after the diagnosis.


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Tuberculosis, Spinal , Adolescent , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , HIV Seropositivity
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Arch. med. interna (Montevideo) ; 37(1): 18-23, mar. 2015. ilus, graf, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-754171

ABSTRACT

Introducción. La tuberculosis constituye actualmente un grave problema sanitario. Es una enfermedad reemergente, su principal factor de riesgo es la infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH), siendo las formas extrapulmonares mucho más frecuentes en este grupo respecto a la población general. La espondilodiscitis tuberculosa (ET) representa 3% del total de las infecciones tuberculosas y 35% de las formas extrapulmonares. Su clínica es insidiosa, de diagnóstico complejo, la imagenología y microbiología son imprescindibles para un correcto diagnóstico. Todo esto suele determinar un retraso importante en el manejo, con consecuencias directas en el pronóstico del paciente. Material y método. Se presentan dos casos de ET asistidos en un Hospital público uruguayo (2012-2013), en pacientes con inmunocompromiso severo y noción de contacto epidemiológico en uno de ellos, diagnosticados tras la sospecha clínico-imagenológica y confirmación microbiológica por punción-aspiración bajo tomografía computarizada (TC). Resultados. Se inició el tratamiento con una latencia superior a tres meses. Discusión y Conclusiones. Las técnicas de biología molecular e inmunología constituyen hoy día una herramienta de gran valor para el diagnóstico precoz de esta enfermedad, permitiendo abreviar los tiempos en el inicio del tratamiento y reduciendo la tasa de complicaciones asociadas a ella.


Introduction. Tuberculosis (TB) constitutes a serious health problem nowadays. It is a reemerging disease whose main risk factor is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, in which extrapulmonary forms are much more frequent than in general population. Tuberculous spondylodiscitis (TS) represents 3% of all TB infections and 35% of extrapulmonary forms. It has an insidious clinical presentation; the diagnosis is difficult requiring imagenologic and microbiologic technics. These characteristics result in a significant diagnosis delay which impacts on patient prognosis. Materials and methods. We present two cases of TS admitted to a public hospital in Uruguay (2012-2013) in immunocompromised patients and with epidemiological notion of contact in one of them. Results. The diagnosis was done after clinical and radiological suspicion; needle aspiration guided by computed tomography was performed. The treatment was instituted with a latency exceeding three months. Discussion and conclusions. The techniques of molecular biology and immunology are now a valuable tool for early diagnosis of this disease, shortening the initiation of treatment and reducing the rate of complications associated with it.

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Indian J Med Microbiol ; 2012 Apr-June; 30(2): 245-248
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-143958

ABSTRACT

We report a case of a 30-year-old immunocompetent man with disseminated cryptococcosis who was initially treated with antitubercular therapy due to clinical and radiological diagnosis of vertebro-cerebral tuberculosis. The diagnosis of Cryptococcus infection was made due to incidental isolation of this fungus from blood culture with negative cerebrospinal fluid culture results. Though disseminated cryptococcosis with central nervous system, skeletal, and skin involvement is an uncommon manifestation of Cryptococcus neoformans infection, a high clinical suspicion and early initiation of therapy is needed to recognise and treat such patients efficiently.


Subject(s)
Adult , Blood/microbiology , Brain/pathology , Brain/diagnostic imaging , Central Nervous System Fungal Infections/diagnosis , Central Nervous System Fungal Infections/pathology , Cerebrospinal Fluid/microbiology , Cryptococcosis/diagnosis , Cryptococcosis/microbiology , Cryptococcosis/pathology , Cryptococcus neoformans/immunology , Fungemia/microbiology , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Spinal Cord/pathology , Spinal Cord/diagnostic imaging
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