Pulmonary Tuberculosis Delayed Diagnosis: Case Report

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is transmitted from person to person through the airborne route. A case of a nineteen-year-old female patient is presented, who began to suffer from an intermittent cough during the last week of November 2020; in Decem...

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Autores: Sosa Hernández, Óscar, García Padilla, Eduardo, Avella Gutiérrez, Giovanna J., López Flores, Víctor J., Martínez Ramírez, Zaira Y.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Atención Familiar
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/82839
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/atencion_familiar/article/view/82839
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tuberculosis
Pulmonary
Treatment
Delayed Diagnosis
tuberculosis pulmonar
tratamiento
diagnóstico tardío
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Sumario:Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is transmitted from person to person through the airborne route. A case of a nineteen-year-old female patient is presented, who began to suffer from an intermittent cough during the last week of November 2020; in December 2020, she visited a private physician and was treated with Ambroxol, but did not improve. The patient was admitted at the Pneumology Service and a consultation was made with Epidemiology; after the evaluation of the case, it was determined that she met the operational definition of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, which was confirmed through a smear test for acid-alcohol resistant fast bacilli (aarb), and then a strictly supervised short-course treatment (sst) was started.