Abstract: Journal of Infectious Diseases and Viruses Research

Abstract:
Kartagener’s syndrome (KS) is a rare hereditary disease. It is a triad of chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis and situs inversus. It poses a diagnostic difficulty owing to nonspecific clinical pictures. Sometimes, the diagnosis is suspected prenatally when situs inversus is documented in obstetric ultrasound; however, most cases are diagnosed later in life due to repeated respiratory infections or when the clinician listens to heart sounds in the right hemithorax and chest x-ray, complemented with abdominal and paranasal sinuses imaging, shows dextrocardia. An early and accurate diagnosis of this illness is crucial to avoid complications and improve the quality of life of patients.