Parker Louise, Babu Suresh
Respiratory Department, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth.
BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Sep 26;2013:bcr2013010462. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-010462.
A 24-year-old immunocompetent Pakistani man presented with multiple subcutaneous abscesses that had developed and persisted over 2 months. After surgical incision and drainage, Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated (MTB). Further investigation yielded positive sputum cultures confirming pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) too. The patient was started on standard quadruple therapy for disseminated haematogenous TB in the form of tuberculous gumma and pulmonary TB.
一名24岁免疫功能正常的巴基斯坦男子出现多个皮下脓肿,这些脓肿已形成并持续了2个多月。手术切开引流后,分离出结核分枝杆菌(MTB)。进一步检查发现痰培养呈阳性,也证实患有肺结核(TB)。该患者开始接受标准四联疗法,用于治疗以结核性树胶肿和肺结核形式出现的播散性血行播散型结核病。