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Tuberculose multifocale révélée par un mal de Pott chez une enfant guyanaise de 11 ans

2017; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 110; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s13149-017-0570-1

1961-9049

L. Desnos, Rémi Kom-Tchameni, H. Razafindrakoto, Ivan Fryder, M Janoyer, Narcisse Elenga,

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

Multifocal tuberculosis in a child is rare event. Here we report a case of multifocal tuberculosis revealed by spinal tuberculosis in an eleven-year-old French Guianese girl. This observation underlines the difficulties, the consequences of delay, and the necessity of an early diagnosis of this disease for children.