A Rare Case of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in a Teenager

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, CHU St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium.
² Department of Pediatrics, CHU St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Department of Radiology, CHU St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire Bruxelles - Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB) Site Hallepoort, Brussels, Belgium.

Case Reports

Noa Rager et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023.

. 2023 May 1;42(5):e188-e189.

doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003860. Epub 2023 Feb 10.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, CHU St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruxelles, Belgium.
² Department of Pediatrics, CHU St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Department of Radiology, CHU St Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire Bruxelles - Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB) Site Hallepoort, Brussels, Belgium.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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