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...
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| author | Snezana Zivanovic Ljiljana Saranac Gordana Kostic Vesna Bogicevic Danijela Jovancic |
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| description | 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). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6293cb2d58a9460db43c039afbc8a0242025-08-20T03:34:41ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2010-01-011057858510.1100/tsw.2010.52A Case of Acute Tuberculous Pleuropneumonia in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaSnezana Zivanovic0Ljiljana Saranac1Gordana Kostic2Vesna Bogicevic3Danijela Jovancic4Pediatric Clinic, University Clinical Centre, Nis, SerbiaPediatric Clinic, University Clinical Centre, Nis, SerbiaPediatric Clinic, University Clinical Centre, Nis, SerbiaPediatric Clinic, University Clinical Centre, Nis, SerbiaPediatric Clinic, University Clinical Centre, Nis, SerbiaRespiratory 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).http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2010.52 |
| spellingShingle | Snezana Zivanovic Ljiljana Saranac Gordana Kostic Vesna Bogicevic Danijela Jovancic A Case of Acute Tuberculous Pleuropneumonia in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia The Scientific World Journal |
| title | A Case of Acute Tuberculous Pleuropneumonia in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
| title_full | A Case of Acute Tuberculous Pleuropneumonia in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
| title_fullStr | A Case of Acute Tuberculous Pleuropneumonia in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Acute Tuberculous Pleuropneumonia in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
| title_short | A Case of Acute Tuberculous Pleuropneumonia in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
| title_sort | case of acute tuberculous pleuropneumonia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
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