Toxocarosis in the guise of tuberculosis

Abstract

The variety of clinical manifestations and the absence of strictly specific features make tuberculosis and toxocariasis difficult to diagnose and treat. Doctors of various specialties are engaged in the diagnosis of toxocariasis, depending on which organ system is affected in a person and with whatsymptoms he turned to a medical institution.Purpose: to describe the case of detecting toxocariasis in a child who was treated in a tuberculosis hospital from a bacillary family contact with pronounced indicators of immunological tests and revealed changes during CT scan of the chest organs.A complex differential diagnostic path and constant medical supervision made it possible to establish a rather rare disease - toxocariasis in a child from family contact with a patient with tuberculosis.Conclusion. In the differential diagnostic series in patients withtuberculosis, the presence of parasitic diseases with a similar clinical and radiological picture cannot be excluded.

Keywords

• children
• tuberculosis
• toxocariasis
• diagnosis
• treatment