Multiple tuberculomas and cavitating pulmonary tuberculosis in an infant.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A five-month-old infant presented with fever and cough for 3 weeks. She was diagnosed with multiple tuberculomas and cavitating pulmonary tuberculosis. She was a household contact of an open case of tuberculosis (TB) and developed severe disease, although she had received the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine and had no primary or secondary immunodeficiency. In infants, due to low levels of cell mediated immunity, tuberculosis can be severe and dissemination of tuberculosis to the central nervous system (CNS) can occur very early without following the usual time frame. CNS TB may not have symptoms in the early stages in infants and may require neuroimaging for diagnosis. This is the youngest child that has been reported with multiple CNS tuberculomas.