[Congenital miliary tuberculosis. Apropos of a case].
Congenital tuberculosis is an uncommon but probably underestimated disease. All cases occurring in developing countries are not published. Twenty-nine cases have been published in the English literature since 1980. The diagnosis of congenital tuberculosis is different from post-natal tuberculosis and is based on recently defined criteria: bacteriologically proven tuberculosis in a new-born associated with at least one of the following: specific hepatic granulomatosis, tuberculosis infection of the placenta or maternal genital tract, exclusion of possible post-natal transmission. We report a case of congenital tuberculosis to be added to the 29 preceding cases meeting current diagnostic criteria.
Pham Duy
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Hôpital Pham Ngoc Thach, Ho Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam.
Le Van
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Truong Ngoc Cuc
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D003906:Developing Countries; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000175:diagnosis; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D014401:Tuberculosis, Urogenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014744:Vietnam