Intra-thoracic tuberculosis lymphadenitis in a child with rheumatic heart disease

J Paediatr Child Health. 2022 May;58(5):918-920. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15732. Epub 2021 Sep 7.

Authors

Khalfan Al Abdali¹, Philip N Britton^{1

2

3}, Annaleise R Howard-Jones^{2

3

4}, Alison M Kesson^{1

2}, Ben J Marais^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
² Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ The Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ NSW Health Pathology, Nepean Hospital, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 34490935
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.15732

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Humans
Lymph Nodes
Lymphadenitis* / diagnosis
Lymphadenitis* / etiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
Rheumatic Heart Disease* / complications
Rheumatic Heart Disease* / diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node* / complications
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node* / diagnosis