Primary tuberculosis in a malnourished adolescent.
Although the overall prevalence of tuberculosis has decreased in the United States, with the increasing prevalence of tuberculosis globally, higher rates of tuberculosis in some states and localities have been reported, with some component probably related to immigrant populations. We report a case of primary pulmonary tuberculosis in a malnourished adolescent.
School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA. mzawaide@ucsd.edu
Mazen
M
Zawaideh
Cherng
C
Chao
Patricia
P
Poole
John
J
Naheedy
D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications*; D015995:Prevalence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D000995:Antitubercular Agents
Primary Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis