Pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV positive infant – first case in the Czech Republic

Czech version

Authors: M. Tomášková; P. Kabíček; K. Křepela; H. Houšťková
Authors‘ workplace: Pediatrická klinika IPVZ, 1. LF UK a Thomayerova nemocnice, Praha, přednostka doc. MUDr. H. Houšťková, CSc.
Published in: Čes-slov Pediat 2016; 71 (7-8): 351-353.
Category: Tuberculosis

Overview

This case report presents a rare pulmonary tuberculosis in premature infant with congenital HIV infection, both transmitted from infant’s mother. To the best of our knowledge this is the first such a combination of infections described in the Czech Republic in infants

Key words:
congenital HIV infection, pulmonary tuberculosis, antituberculotics, antiretroviral treatment

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Labels

Neonatology Paediatrics General practitioner for children and adolescents

Tuberculosis in Children – some issues

Incidence of tuberculosis at children in the Czech Republic in years 2000–2015

The current situation in children TB in Slovakia

Tuberculosis as one of the focal issues of Slovak presidency in the EU Council

Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Diseases

TB meningitis in the Czech Republic – new encounter with an old diagnosis after 20 years

Invasive pneumococcal diseases in Slovakia in years 1997–2015

Childhood cancer registry

Article was published in

Czech-Slovak Pediatrics

2016 Issue 7-8