Rhinoscleroma in a 5-year-old Portuguese Child

Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease that is rare in Western Europe. We report the case of a 5-year-old Portuguese boy diagnosed with rhinoscleroma in the context of recurrent epistaxis. He had a 6-month course of antibiotic (amoxicillin plus clavulanate) therapy with full rec...

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Published in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal Vol. 33; no. 7; pp. 774 - 775
Main Authors:	Simão, Inês, Gaspar, Iuri, Faustino, Rosário, Brito, Maria João Rocha
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hagerstown, MD by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc 01-07-2014 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Subjects:	Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination - therapeutic use Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child, Preschool Endoscopy Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases Head - diagnostic imaging Histocytochemistry Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Klebsiella pneumoniae - isolation & purification Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Microscopy Nasal Cavity - pathology Portugal Radiography Rhinoscleroma - diagnosis Rhinoscleroma - drug therapy Rhinoscleroma - pathology Treatment Outcome Human Infection Pediatrics Nose disease Rhinoscleroma Bacteriosis ENT disease Child
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Summary:	Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease that is rare in Western Europe. We report the case of a 5-year-old Portuguese boy diagnosed with rhinoscleroma in the context of recurrent epistaxis. He had a 6-month course of antibiotic (amoxicillin plus clavulanate) therapy with full recovery.
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ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/INF.0000000000000263