| Revista: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000291038 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Autores: | Souza, Edna Lucia S. de1 Moreira, Licia Maria O Silva, Marcio Fernando |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade Federal da Bahia, Departamento de Pediatria, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil |
| Año: | 2006 |
| Periodo: | Jun |
| Volumen: | 10 |
| Número: | 3 |
| Paginación: | 228-229 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Caso clínico |
| Resumen en inglés | Despite the high prevalence of tuberculosis in adults and children, the congenital and perinatal forms of tuberculosis are rare. In Brazil, there has been only one published case of congenital tuberculosis and two cases of the perinatal form of this disease. We report a case of perinatal tuberculosis presenting with pneumonia. Alcohol-acid-resistant bacilli were found in the gastric lavage. Diagnosis of this disease presentation requires a high index of suspicion |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Diagnóstico, Neumología, Pediatría, Tuberculosis congénita, Tuberculosis perinatal, Neumonía |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Diagnosis, Pediatrics, Pneumology, Congenital tuberculosis, Perinatal tuberculosis, Pneumonia |
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