Congenital tuberculosis complicated by interstitial pulmonary emphysema

Singh, Tej Bali; Natt, Navreet Kaur; Sharma, Manisha; Singh, Harmanjit

doi:10.4103/2249-4847.128731

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“…In our study, we noticed that discovery of miliary TB on chest X-ray is frequent in several index cases [36, 40, 47]. In 143 cases of congenital TB, chest radiographical findings reviewed by Peng et al [22] which are 46.8% represented a miliary pattern.…”

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A Perspective of the Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Tuberculosis

Saramba

Zhao

2016

Journal of Pathogens

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Tuberculosis continues to be a prevalent disease in the world and a global public health issue in many countries. The disease is more complicated in pregnant women because it imperils unborn offspring and results in congenital tuberculosis later if undiagnosed and untreated. Congenital tuberculosis is rare entity and an uncommon disease along with a high mortality rate. Congenital tuberculosis, a severe clinical type of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a serious and fatal disease if left untreated. Our study emphasizes that it is necessary and mandatory to consider congenital tuberculosis in the differential diagnosis of neonatal or pulmonary infections in infants, essentially in countries where the incidence of tuberculosis is high burden. Mother to neonatal transmission of disease is well known via transplacental transmission through the umbilical vein to the fetus, through the ingestion of infected amniotic fluid. Early detection is challenging, because of the nonspecific nature of the signs and symptoms in tuberculosis during pregnancy and infancy. The degree of clinical suspicion is the essential component of diagnosis. Furthermore, it generally has a difficult treatment and it should not be delayed while waiting for diagnostic test results. Prompt identification and proper treatment regimens for congenital tuberculosis strongly relate with enhanced outcomes.

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“…Moreover, this circumstance is very risky because it still generates very complicated congenital TB. Therefore, it is always necessary to take a complete history of the patient prior to in vitro fertilization (IVF) [26, 33–36]. …”

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A Perspective of the Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Tuberculosis

Saramba

Zhao

2016

Journal of Pathogens

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“…They reported clinical and laboratory findings for tuberculosis investigation. It includes newborn infant mainly from endemic areas unresponsive to conventional treatment for worsening pneumonia, if the mother was labelled to have tuberculosis and baby has no exact symptoms, when the cerebrospinal fluid was discovered to have a high lymphocyte count in the nonexistence of any identifiable bacterial pathogen and in manifestation of fever and hepatic and splenic enlargement 22 .…”

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Congenital Tuberculosis: Case Report, Imaging and Review of the Literature

Prakash¹

2018

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“…Approximately 30 cases have been reported from India till 2014. Unfortunately, most were diagnosed post-mortem 1,[3][4][5] . We present a 3 cases to create awareness among clinicians that timely diagnosis can save little lives.…”

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