title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis pneumonia and bacteremia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant: report of an instructive pediatric case.
abstract: Pulmonary infections often complicate hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) outcome. Uncommon aetiologies, like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, should be considered when the clinical conditions do not fully improve with standard antimicrobial therapy and microbiological evaluations are repeatedly negative for bacteria and fungi. We describe an interesting pediatric case of miliary lung tuberculosis after HSCT, which was successfully treated after administering the appropriate therapy.
authors: Hematology-Oncology Department, G. Gaslini Children's Research Institute, Genova, Italy. erika.biral@gmail.com
authors: Erika
authors: E
authors: Biral
authors: Maura
authors: M
authors: Faraci
authors: Edoardo
authors: E
authors: Lanino
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Morreale
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Giardino
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Moroni
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Losurdo
authors: Gian Michele
authors: GM
authors: Magnano
authors: Evelina
authors: E
authors: Senno
authors: Elio
authors: E
authors: Castagnola
mesh_terms: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013909:Thorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular