Rhinoscleroma in a 5-year-old Portuguese Child.

Pediatr Infect Dis J

From the *Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Pediatrics H. Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Lisbon; and †Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Distrital de Santarém, Santarém, Portugal.

Published: July 2014

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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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000263DOI Listing

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