Perinatal tuberculosis in a 73-day-old infant.
A 73-day-old female infant presented with cough and fever. A chest roentgenogram showed a pneumonic patch, but empirical antibiotic treatment failed. The pathology of an excisional biopsy specimen confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis. We emphasize that tuberculosis should be considered for neonates or infants with unresponsive pneumonia because delayed diagnosis is associated with a fatal outcome.
Huang
Hsin-Chung
HC
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 8, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Huang
Li-Min
LM
Lu
Chun-Yi
CY
Lee
Ping-Ing
PI
Chang
Luan-Yin
LY
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014054:Tomography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents