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Volume 59, Issue 6

Fatal congenital tuberculosis due to a Beijing strain in a premature neonate Free

Abstract

Congenital tuberculosis (TB) remains a rare disease but is fatal if untreated. Early detection is difficult because of the non-specific nature of the symptoms in TB during pregnancy and infancy. This report summarizes a case of congenital TB in a very premature infant, born at 25 weeks gestation. Miliary TB was diagnosed in the mother when the neonate was 20 days old. Antituberculous therapy allowed a rapid improvement in the mother. The infant died at 27 days old. A Beijing genotype strain of was isolated both in the mother, from pulmonary and urine specimens, and in the infant, from peritoneal fluid.

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Keyword(s): AFB, acid-fast bacilli , MIRU, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit , TB, tuberculosis and VNTR, variable number of tandem repeats
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