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Congenital miliary tuberculosis in an 18-day-old boy
Jue Seong Lee, Chang Hoon Lim, Eunji Kim, Hyunwook Lim, Yoon Lee, Ji Tae Choung, Young Yoo
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(Suppl 1):S64-S67.   Published online November 30, 2016

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...

A case of congenital tuberculosis.
Mee Hye Kim, Hyuk Choul Kwon, Young Il Park, Sang Woo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1985;28(2):169-173.   Published online February 28, 1985
We experienced a case of congenital tuberculosis in a 10-month-old female patient who had disseminated tuberculosis. She was the 1st born of 30-year-old woman who was diagnosed as tuberculous pleurisy on the 12 th day after delivery. Congenital tuberculosis was suspected because of detection of AFB in gastric aspirates on the 60 days of life. But the treatment was discontinued after...


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