Congenital tuberculosis associated with maternal disseminated miliary tuberculosis

Luis Miguel Sosa, Luz Libia Cala, Julio César Mantilla, .

Keywords: tuberculosis/congenital, tuberculosis, miliary, lymph node, pregnancy, respiratory distress syndrome, newborn, sepsis, cytomegalovirus

Abstract

Untreated tuberculosis during pregnancy presents a serious risk for transmission of disease to the newborn and can result in adverse perinatal and obstetrical outcomes. Tuberculosis during pregnancy and congenital tuberculosis are infrequent conditions and are difficult to diagnose due the non-specificity of the symptoms. A case report is presented of a woman who had no children previously with disseminated miliary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis symptoms appeared immediately after birth of the first child, with a clinical diagnosis on the second month after childbirth, whereupon the patient died. The son, a premature infant, showed disease symptoms from the first day, with primary pulmonary complex and persistent atelectasis due to bronchial obstruction. The obstruction was due to thoracic lymphadenitis and coinfection with cytomegalovirus. The infant received standard treatment and his condition improved.

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  • Luis Miguel Sosa Departamento de Pediatría, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Hospital Universitario de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
  • Luz Libia Cala Departamento de Pediatría, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Hospital Universitario de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
  • Julio César Mantilla Departamento de Pediatría, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Hospital Universitario de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia

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Sosa LM, Cala LL, Mantilla JC. Congenital tuberculosis associated with maternal disseminated miliary tuberculosis. biomedica [Internet]. 2007 Dec. 1 [cited 2024 May 18];27(4):475-82. Available from: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/168

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Published
2007-12-01
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