Empyema necessitans due to aspergillus in a 3-year-old paediatric patient at a referral hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
Invasive aspergillosis
child
empyema
Journal
The Pan African medical journal
ISSN: 1937-8688
Titre abrégé: Pan Afr Med J
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101517926
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
15
06
2019
accepted:
07
10
2019
entrez:
15
1
2020
pubmed:
15
1
2020
medline:
22
1
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We present a case of empyema necessitans due to aspergillus in a young child. The incidence of deep fungal mycoses in children, especially in developing countries is not known. There is paucity of data and access to diagnostics is usually limited. Our patient had received treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis which is endemic in Kenya for four months before diagnosis was made. We present this case to highlight the importance of considering alternative diagnosis when there is non-response to anti-tuberculous therapy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31934229
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.86.19469
pii: PAMJ-34-86
pmc: PMC6945678
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
86Informations de copyright
© Anne-Marie Macharia et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interests.
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