title: A case of acute tuberculous pleuropneumonia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Clinic, University Clinical Centre, Nis, Serbia. zsneza@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Snezana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zivanovic
authors.forename: Ljiljana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saranac
authors.forename: Gordana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kostic
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bogicevic
authors.forename: Danijela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jovancic
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents