Congenital tuberculosis.
Congenital tuberculosis is a rare and often fatal disease. This report concerned a premature infant in whom the disease was found after postpartum diagnosis in the mother. Use of endotracheal tube aspirates to diagnose tuberculosis in the infant is a unique feature of this case.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis