[Multifocal tuberculosis in a 15-year-old child].
We report the case of a 15 year-old boy, presenting with juxta-articular swellings and lacunar skeletal lesions associated with prolonged fever and cachexia. Among the multiple bacteriological samplings, only the trans-osseous puncture of a tibial lacunar lesions, yielded Bacillus tuberculosis. With triple anti-tuberculous chemotherapy, fever and juxta-articular swellings disappeared. However, several articular ankyloses persist, which might need a surgical correction.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Tuberculose multifocale chez un enfant de 15 ans.