Primary Nasal Tuberculosis in a 10-Year-Old Girl
Nasal tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity which mainly presents in elderly people. Nasal tuberculosis has always been considered to be secondary to tuberculosis of the lungs, and in rare instances it is a primary infection, usually when mycobacteria are inhaled. We describe the case of a 10-year-...
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| author | Murat Özer Yasemin Özsurekçi Ali Bülent Cengiz Uğur Özçelik Ebru Yalçın Özay Gököz |
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| description | Nasal tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity which mainly presents in elderly people. Nasal tuberculosis has always been considered to be secondary to tuberculosis of the lungs, and in rare instances it is a primary infection, usually when mycobacteria are inhaled. We describe the case of a 10-year-old girl who was successfully treated for primary nasal tuberculosis. This patient is one of the very few children who have been reported to have primary nasal tuberculosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-eb066516250e420bb57daf607b7fafe92025-02-03T05:45:46ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95321918-14932016-01-01201610.1155/2016/91285489128548Primary Nasal Tuberculosis in a 10-Year-Old GirlMurat Özer0Yasemin Özsurekçi1Ali Bülent Cengiz2Uğur Özçelik3Ebru Yalçın4Özay Gököz5Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 6100 Ankara, TurkeyPediatric Infectious Diseases, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 6100 Ankara, TurkeyPediatric Infectious Diseases, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 6100 Ankara, TurkeyPediatric Chest Diseases, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 6100 Ankara, TurkeyPediatric Chest Diseases, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 6100 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Pathology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 6100 Ankara, TurkeyNasal tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity which mainly presents in elderly people. Nasal tuberculosis has always been considered to be secondary to tuberculosis of the lungs, and in rare instances it is a primary infection, usually when mycobacteria are inhaled. We describe the case of a 10-year-old girl who was successfully treated for primary nasal tuberculosis. This patient is one of the very few children who have been reported to have primary nasal tuberculosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9128548 |
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| title | Primary Nasal Tuberculosis in a 10-Year-Old Girl |
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