title: A case of disseminated miliary tuberculosis in a five-year-old child.
abstract: A five-year old girl was referred, by the local area medical officer, as she had a positive Mantoux test and a chest x-ray consistent with miliary tuberculosis. She had initially been identified three months previously as a contact of a case of open pulmonary tuberculosis. A CT scan of the brain at the time of presentation showed multiple intracranial tuberculomae. A CT Brain scan three months into the treatment regime showed a significant reduction in the number and size of nodules indicating a favourable response to treatment. This case emphasises the importance of rapid tracing of paediatric tuberculosis contacts, if serious complications and their consequences are to be avoided.
authors.affiliation: Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin. richardjdrew@hotmail.com
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Drew
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarrant
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cafferkey
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hensey
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000473:pathology