Endobronchial actinomycosis in a child during COVID-19 pandemic
Goussard P1 (PhD), Rabie H1 (PhD),
Marshall M2 (MSc Pathology), Mfingwana
L1 (FC Paed(SA)), Morrison JL1 (FC
Paed(SA)), Ismal Z3 (FC Cardio (SA)), Retief
F4 (MMed Anaesthesiology), Nel P5(FC Path Micro (SA)), Da Costa D5 (MBChB) Andronikou
S6 (PhD), Schubert P7 MPhil (Paed
Path))
1Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty
of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg
Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
2Division of Cytology, Tygerberg Hospital, National
Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, South Africa.
3Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of
Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch
University, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
4Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care,
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University,
Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
5Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of
Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch
University and National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg Hospital,
Cape Town, South Africa
6Department of Paediatric Radiology, The Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA, United States of America.
7Division of Anatomical Pathology, Department of
Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch
University and National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg Hospital,
Cape Town, South Africa.
Address
for correspondence:
Prof
Pierre Goussard, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of
Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, PO Box 241, Cape
Town 8000, South Africa. Tel +27-21-938-9506; Fax +27-21-938-9138;
Email
pgouss@sun.ac.za
Keywords: Endobronchial actinomycosis, bronchoscopy, dental caries,
tuberculosis, sulphur granules.