ABSTRACT
Tuberculosis is one of the oldest known diseases and it remains one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality, especially in developing countries. It is associated with social inequalities and affects different age groups. Tuberculosis in children and adolescents should be considered a sentinel event, since it is linked to a recent infection through contact with bacilliferous adults. We report an immunocompetent 15-year-old adolescent with tuberculosis, exhibiting pulmonary, osteoarticular, and cutaneous involvement. Conventional treatment with tuberculostatic drugs for a year had satisfactory results without sequelae.
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Antitubercular Agents , Immunocompetence , Humans , Adolescent , Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Male , Tuberculosis, Cutaneous/drug therapy , Tuberculosis, Cutaneous/diagnosis , Tuberculosis, Cutaneous/pathology , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/drug therapy , Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular/drug therapy , Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular/diagnosisABSTRACT
Sporotrichosis is caused by the thermodimorphic fungi of the genus Sporothrix. It is the most common cutaneous mycosis in Latin America, but it is considered uncommon in pregnancy. We report a pregnant woman with with an exuberant ulcerated plaque that proved to be localized sporotrichosis. Therapy choice is a difficult decision in this group of patients. In this case, there was complete resolution of the infection after delivery, without any therapeutic intervention.
