Introduction:

Childhood tuberculosis, defined as the infectious-contagious disease caused by the Koch bacillus in patients under 15 years of age, continues to be a public health problem due to the number of cases that are reported annually; in addition to represent a challenge for the pediatrician in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

Objective:

Describe the case of a male patient with a picture of multisystem tuberculosis.

Case presentation:

A 13-year-old male patient with a progressive weight loss of 20 kg in 3 months, abdominal pain of diffuse location, dry cough and hyporexia. In the examinations carried out, pulmonary cavitary lesions, multiple enteroperitoneal adenopathies and positive smears in feces and urine were found; with which the diagnosis of systemic tuberculosis in children was reached and an antituberculous scheme was initiated. The patient progressed favorably and he is stable.

Conclusions:

In the case of a pediatric patient with a wasting syndrome, and coming from an endemic area, tuberculosis should be one of the first options in the differential diagnosis.

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