Perdikogianni C, Raissaki M, Christidou A, Galanakis E. Cavitary tuberculosis re-emerging in immigrant children.
Respir Med Case Rep 2019;
26:209-211. [PMID:
30733917 PMCID:
PMC6354650 DOI:
10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.01.018]
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Abstract
Cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis in children is uncommon in areas with a low tuberculosis burden. We present two cases in an 11-year old immunocompetent girl and an 8-year old immunocompromised boy. Both children were immigrants. No other cavitary tuberculosis cases have been observed in a population of 103,781 children in Crete, Greece for the past 25 years.
Conclusion
Severe forms of tuberculosis may re-emerge and BCG vaccination should remain part of the immunisation programme in immigrant populations.
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