Clinical and pulmonary ultrasonographic findings in 1 case of neonatal congenital tuberculosis

  • XIAO Tiantian ,
  • YANG Sheng ,
  • GAO Shuqiang ,
  • JU Rong ,
  • JIN Mei
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  • Chengdu Women and Children’s Center Hospital, Chengdu 610000, Sichuan, China

Received date: 2018-07-15

  Online published: 2018-07-15

Abstract

Objective To explore the clinical and pulmonary ultrasonographic characteristics of neonatal congenital pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods The clinical and imaging data of a case of neonatal congenital pulmonary tuberculosis were retrospectively analyzed and related literature were reviewed. Results A premature female infant with gestational age of 31+2 weeks suffered from progressive dyspnea, incorrigibility respiratory failure with hepatosplenomegaly, heart failure and leukocytosis 14 minutes after birth. Her mother was diagnosed with miliary tuberculosis 3 days after delivery, and acid-fast bacillus ++ was found by sputum smear acid-fast stain. Pulmonary ultrasonography showed hypo-echo consolidation area in both posterior lungs with multiple hyper-echo patches inside, twinkling with the respiration. Conclusion Pulmonary tuberculosis can be diagnosed according to the clinical data and the history of the mother. Pulmonary ultrasonography can be used as a diagnostic reference.

Cite this article

XIAO Tiantian , YANG Sheng , GAO Shuqiang , JU Rong , JIN Mei . Clinical and pulmonary ultrasonographic findings in 1 case of neonatal congenital tuberculosis[J]. Journal of Clinical Pediatrics, 2018 , 36(7) : 514 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-3606.2018.07.009

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