RATIONALE Congenital tuberculosis (TB) is described as a rare, but severe disease. In contrast to the cases with severe symptoms reported so far, we describe a child with asymptomatic congenital TB. PATIENT CONCERNS An 8-week-old girl was investigated because of newly diagnosed TB in her mother, which complained about cough since 21 weeks gestation. Lung biopsy tissue specimens of the mother ...

Disseminated tuberculosis was diagnosed at the autopsy of a 65-day-old premature infant who died in a 52-bed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Both parents and one sibling had previously had positive tuberculin skin tests (TSTs); none had active pulmonary tuberculosis, but a second sibling had hilar adenopathy. Congenital transmission was confirmed by isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...

Congenital tuberculosis (TB) is a rare infection transmitted from a mother to her foetus, either through an infected placenta or amniotic fluid. Congenital tuberculosis was previously thought to be rare but recent changes in the epidemiology of TB, have resulted in an increased risk. Affected infants usually present with non specific signs and symptoms, hence a high index of suspicion is requir...

Though tuberculosis (TB) among pregnant women is not unusual in our country, documented cases of congenital tuberculosis are rare. Diagnosis is often difficult as signs and symptoms in a neonate are non- specific. Maternal history of tuberculosis is often missed, as many of them are asymptomatic. Here we present a neonate who was operated in view of intestinal obstruction which intra operativel...

Congenital tuberculosis (CTB) is a rare disease with a high mortality rate, requiring high index of suspicion to diagnose because of non-specific presentation. This report describes a case of 6 month male child with congenital tuberculosis with possible placental transmission. Infant had fever, fast breathing and cough since 20 days of life. Ultrasonography (USG) abdomen showed granulomatous le...