A Case of Congenital Tuberculosis in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Authors

  • Ishrat Jahan Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Enam Medical College & Hospital, Savar, Dhaka
  • Mehedi Parvez Medical Officer, Care Hospital, Dhaka
  • Laisha Yeasmin Medical Officer, Faridgonj Upazilla Health Complex, Chandpur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v1i2.11469

Keywords:

Congenital tuberculosis, Gastric aspirate

Abstract

Congenital tuberculosis is an unusual and severe clinical presentation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection. It is usually difficult to diagnose and treat. We report a tenweek-old male infant who had presented with fever, difficulty in breathing, abdominal distension, convulsion, low weight gain since one month of his age. The diagnosis was made by demonstration of MTB bacilli in the gastric aspirate of baby and chest radiography. Treatment with the four drug regimen including streptomycin was initiated, but the baby died   on the third day of ATT. This case gives an account of difficulties in diagnosis and therapeutic   management of congenital tuberculosis and alerts for development of protocols that foresee   these difficulties.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v1i2.11469

 

J Enam Med Col 2011; 1(2): 85-87

 

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Published

2012-07-29

How to Cite

Jahan, I., Parvez, M., & Yeasmin, L. (2012). A Case of Congenital Tuberculosis in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Journal of Enam Medical College, 1(2), 85–87. https://doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v1i2.11469

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Case Reports

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