title: Recurrent pneumothorax at an infant with miliary tuberculosis.
abstract: A seven-month-old girl with miliary tuberculosis (Tbc) admitted to hospital due to development of acute dyspnoea and cyanosis at the end of third month of anti-Tbc therapy. Pneumothorax was evident at right lung with the chest radiography. A chest tube placed under water seal was applied. The patient healed up and then discharged. One week later, the patient admitted to hospital again, with same complaints due to pneumothorax at the same hemithorax. Same treatment was applied to the patient. Anti-Tbc therapy was stopped at the end of 12th month. Although, pneumothorax is a rare life-threatening complication of miliary Tbc, it's not seen only on admission or soon after beginning of the therapy, but it can be seen several months later during treatment. We want to report this case. That is the first case in which pneumothorax developed during therapy of an infant with miliary Tbc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: M Ayşin
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Taşar
authors.forename: Ilknur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bostanci
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Resul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Yildiz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dallar
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents