Congenital miliary tuberculosis.
Ann Trop Paediatr
; 10(4): 363-8, 1990.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1708963
ABSTRACT
A case of a premature baby who had the classical problems associated with congenital tuberculosis and presented a difficult diagnostic problem is described. Diagnosis was ultimately confirmed by liver biopsy. Treatment was initially with isoniazid alone, followed 2 weeks later by isoniazid and rifampicin. Isoniazid was replaced by ethambutol when an isoniazid-resistant culture was obtained. The baby responded extremely well to therapy and, at 2-year follow-up, was growing satisfactorily without any sequelae. To my knowledge, this is the first case of congenital tuberculosis with a miliary spread to be seen, treated and followed up in the developing world, where tuberculosis is prevalent.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tuberculosis, Miliary
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Language:
En
Journal:
Ann Trop Paediatr
Year:
1990
Document type:
Article
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