Title
Case report: Congenital transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
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 Sistema respiratorio Enfermedades infecciosas
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
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