Pott’s disease is a health problem in developing countries and its diagnosis in children is a challenge. Here we present the case of a two-year-old boy with Pott’s disease involving T1 to T3 thoracic vertebrae. The clinical presentation was characterized by difficulty walking, fever, cough, and dyspnea. At physical examination, kyphosis and bony prominence were observed in the cervicodorsal area. A positive tuberculin test was obtained, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated via culture of the gastric aspiration sample. The spine MRI showed a chronic abscess, destruction of two vertebrae, and bone marrow compression. The patient experienced some improvement with anti-TB therapy. Here, we emphasize the importance of giving consideration to the clinical suspicion for the early detection of this condition, as well as a quick TB-treatment start so as to avoid the disability and mort...

Background: In pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) there are certain radiographic patterns as the cavitation, which has been considered “pathognomonic” of this disease. However, this is controversial in HIV positive patients coinfected with PTB because several studies found that there are patterns associated with CD4+ T lymphocyte count greater or slower than 200 cells/mm3 . Objectives: To determine the association between pulmonary radiographic patterns and CD4+T lymphocyte count in HIV patients coinfected with PTB. Methods: Cross- sectional study conducted at the Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen (HNGAI) of Lima, Perú, from 1994 to 2011. We worked with the online database provided by the Department of Infectious Diseases in which only 241 patients were eligible. We excluded 112 patients who did not meet the inclusion criteria established. The radiological patterns were determ...