Congenital tuberculosis presenting as progressive liver dysfunction

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-80

  Berk, David R ^a   Sylvester, Karl G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital infection; Congenital tuberculosis; Hepatomegaly; Liver failure; Military tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0842347662     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200401000-00025     Document Type: Article

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