title: Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as febrile seizures with fatal evolution in an infant.
abstract: Disseminated tuberculosis with the involvement of brain, liver and gut is a rare disease in immunocompetent infant. Early diagnostic and instauration of anti-tuberculosis therapy is capital because the outcome is poor. Here, we report the case of an 11-month-old boy with disseminated tuberculosis of brain, liver abdominal lymph nodes, small bowel and lung, which presented with fever, generalized tonic-clonic seizure, hemodynamic instability and a history of recurrent respiratory tract infections. His father was diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis six month ago and family members completed an anti-tuberculosis chemoprophylaxis regimen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania; cgheonea@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ileana Octavia
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Petrescu
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gheonea
authors.forename: Cosmin Sebastian
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Voican
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ciobanu
authors.forename: Mimi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niţu
authors.forename: Florin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petrescu
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007223:Infant; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*