Perdikogianni Chrysoula, Raissaki Maria, Christidou Athanasia, Galanakis Emmanouil
Department of Paediatrics, University of Crete, University Hospital, Heraklion Crete, Greece.
Department of Radiology, University of Crete, University Hospital, Heraklion Crete, Greece.
Respir Med Case Rep. 2019 Jan 23;26:209-211. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.01.018. eCollection 2019.
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.
Severe forms of tuberculosis may re-emerge and BCG vaccination should remain part of the immunisation programme in immigrant populations.
在结核病负担较低的地区,儿童空洞型肺结核并不常见。我们报告了两例病例,一例是一名11岁免疫功能正常的女孩,另一例是一名8岁免疫功能低下的男孩。两名儿童均为移民。在过去25年里,希腊克里特岛103781名儿童中未观察到其他空洞型肺结核病例。
严重形式的结核病可能会再次出现,卡介苗接种应仍是移民人群免疫规划的一部分。