title: Perinatal tuberculosis in a 73-day-old infant.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Hsin-Chung
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Li-Min
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chun-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ping-Ing
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Luan-Yin
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents