Perinatal Tuberculosis a Case Series
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Perinatal tuberculosis a case series.
Perinatal tuberculosis is insufficiently understood and has been rarely reported even in areas endemic for the disease, and unless a high index of suspicion is maintained the diagnosis can be missed. Differentiation of congenital from early postnatally acquired tuberculosis is only of epidemiological importance. We hereby report one case of congenital tuberculosis and three cases of perinatal t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml074