Title
Case report: Congenital transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Aguirre, Lino
Sanchez, L.
Universidad Imperial de Londres
Publisher(s)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Abstract
This article presents a case of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in a Peruvian infant. His mother was diagnosed with disseminated TB, and treatment commenced 11 days postpartum. The infant was diagnosed with TB after 40 days and died at 2 months and 2 days of age. Congenital transmission of TB to the infant was suspected, because direct postpartum transmission was considered unlikely; also, thorough screening of contacts for TB was negative. Spoligotyping confirmed that both mother and baby were infected with identical strains of the Beijing family (SIT1). Copyright © 2014 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Start page
92
End page
95
Volume
91
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Pediatría
Enfermedades infecciosas
Sistema respiratorio
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84903894869
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
0002-9637
Sponsor(s)
Medical Research Council MR/K007467/1 MRC
Sources of information:
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