A case of acute tuberculous pleuropneumonia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Respiratory system infections are the most common complications in immunocompromised cancer patients. We here report a 14-year-old male who was admitted to the hospital because of acute pneumonia, who had been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) when he was 12 years old. A diagnosis of acute tuberculous pleuropneumonia was made based on clinical and radiographical findings, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identified by Ziehl-Neelson acid-fast stain and culture on Löwenstein-Jensen medium. Twenty months before pneumonia onset, the patient had been treated with immunosupressive therapy (ALL IC-BFM 2002 protocol).
Zivanovic
Snezana
S
Pediatric Clinic, University Clinical Centre, Nis, Serbia. zsneza@yahoo.com
Saranac
Ljiljana
L
Kostic
Gordana
G
Bogicevic
Vesna
V
Jovancic
Danijela
D
D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents