A rare tuberculosis form: congenital tuberculosis

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dc.contributor.authorPeker, Erdal
dc.contributor.authorBozdogan, Erol
dc.contributor.authorDogan, Murat
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:11:47Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:11:47Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractCongenital tuberculosis is defined as infection developing as a result of the encounter between the infant and Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli during the intrauterine period or during normal birth. Although tuberculosis infection is very common all over the world congenital tuberculosis cases are rare and mortalities of 50% have been reported. Nonspecific symptoms in congenital tuberculosis and difficulties encountered in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in general, make it difficult to reach a final diagnosis. Cases of congenital tuberculosis are generally known clinically during the first postnatal month. This case is important as the three-month infant was presented with pneumonia symptoms and diagnosed as congenital tuberculosis after an attentive anamnesis which is unusual during three postnatal months. To our knowledge, this case is one of a few cases in the literature diagnosed as congenital tuberculosis in three months. Our case emphasizes that it is necessary to consider congenital tuberculosis in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary infections in infants, particularly in countries where the incidence of tuberculosis is high. For this reason, we believe that a successfully obtained anamnesis is the parameter which provides a valid diagnosis. Furthermore, early and speedy initiation of treatment in cases with a potential diagnosis of tuberculosis is a very important factor that affects prognosis.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage96en_US
dc.identifier.issn0494-1373
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid20517736en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77951686350en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage93en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/9069
dc.identifier.volume58en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000421271300013en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTurkish Assoc Tuberculosis & Thoraxen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTuberkuloz Ve Torak-Tuberculosis and Thoraxen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectCongenital tuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectinfanten_US
dc.subjectinfectionen_US
dc.subjectmortalityen_US
dc.titleA rare tuberculosis form: congenital tuberculosisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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