- Case Report
- Pulmonology
- Congenital miliary tuberculosis in an 18-day-old boy
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Jue Seong Lee, Chang Hoon Lim, Eunji Kim, Hyunwook Lim, Yoon Lee, Ji Tae Choung, Young Yoo
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(Suppl 1):S64-S67. Published online November 30, 2016
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Congenital tuberculosis (TB) is a rare disease that is associated with high mortality. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent, may be transmitted from the infected mother to the fetus by the transplacental route or by aspiration of infected amniotic fluid. Clinical symptoms and signs are not specific. Miliary patterns are the most common findings in the chest X-rays of many infants... |
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