%0 Journal Article %A Abalain, M. L. %A Petsaris, O. %A Héry-Arnaud, G. %A Marcorelles, P. %A Couturaud, F. %A Dobrzynski, M. %A Payan, C. %A Gutierrez, C. %T Fatal congenital tuberculosis due to a Beijing strain in a premature neonate %D 2010 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 59 %N 6 %P 733-735 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.016881-0 %K MIRU, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit %K TB, tuberculosis %K AFB, acid-fast bacilli %K VNTR, variable number of tandem repeats %I Microbiology Society, %X 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 Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated both in the mother, from pulmonary and urine specimens, and in the infant, from peritoneal fluid. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.016881-0