Rhinoscleroma in a 5-year-old Portuguese Child.
Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease that is rare in Western Europe. We report the case of a 5-year-old Portuguese boy diagnosed with rhinoscleroma in the context of recurrent epistaxis. He had a 6-month course of antibiotic (amoxicillin plus clavulanate) therapy with full recovery.
From the *Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Pediatrics H. Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisbon; and †Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Santarém, Portugal.
Inês
I
Simão
Iuri
I
Gaspar
Rosário
R
Faustino
Maria João Rocha
MJ
Brito
D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004724:Endoscopy; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology; D011174:Portugal; D011859:Radiography; D012226:Rhinoscleroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination