Tuberculosis perinatal
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Perinatal tuberculosis: a diagnostic challenge.
Despite the high prevalence of tuberculosis in adults and children, the congenital and perinatal forms of tuberculosis are rare. In Brazil, there has been only one published case of congenital tuberculosis and two cases of the perinatal form of this disease. We report a case of perinatal tuberculosis presenting with pneumonia. Alcohol-acid-resistant bacilli were found in the gastric lavage. Dia...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1665-1146
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmhimx.2015.01.009