[Congenital tuberculosis (author's transl)].
Enviado por Magaly Martinez-Ferrer el
Título | [Congenital tuberculosis (author's transl)]. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1977 |
Autores | Hawkins, F, Salas, S, M Ferrer, M, Quero, J, Andrés, MCBarrio, Ruiz, A |
Journal | An Esp Pediatr |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 6-7 |
Pagination | 577-82 |
Date Published | 1977 Jun-Jul |
ISSN | 0302-4342 |
Palabras clave | Biopsy, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Isoniazid, Lymph Nodes, Male, Maternal-Fetal Exchange, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Rifampin, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary |
Abstract | The present case report concerns a term infant, born of a mother with an undiagnosed tuberculosis, which was proved by inguinal lymph node biopsy to have numerous acid-fast bacilli; sequence of events supports the thesis that infant had acquired infection transplacentally. Literature is reviewed and diagnosis, prophylaxis, chemotherapy of this infrequent disease with a grave prognosis is commented, emphasizing success of chemotherapy in this infant. |
Alternate Journal | An. Esp. Pediatr. |
PubMed ID | 303071 |