A pre-term infant of 32 weeks gestation with congenital tuberculosis treated successfully with antituberculosis chemotherapy.
An infant of 32 weeks gestation was separated from her mother at birth for treatment of hyaline membrane disease and, on recovery, was cared for by adoptive parents. At 25 days, she was treated for pneumonia with immunoglobulins and multiple antibiotics and appeared to respond. Her symptoms recurred at 8 weeks and tuberculosis was confirmed by detection in an acid-fast bacilli smear of gastric aspirate. Her mother presented with disseminated tuberculosis with meningitis 1 month after delivery. Criteria for the diagnosis of congenital tuberculosis in the infant were confirmed.
['Fang|Xiaoyi|X|', 'Mai|Ruizhi|R|0000-0002-1491-9152', 'Guo|Jizhong|J|', 'Lin|Niyang|N|']
D000995:Antitubercular Agents D005260:Female D006801:Humans D007223:Infant D007231:Infant, Newborn D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis D013902:Radiography, Thoracic D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed D016896:Treatment Outcome D014376:Tuberculosis
pre-term infant Congenital tuberculosis acid-fast bacilli Mantoux antituberculous treatment maternal tuberculosis radiological confirmation