Congenital transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

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Fecha

2014

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10766

https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.13-0002

Institución

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Perú)

Resumen

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).

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