Congenital Tuberculosis Complicated by Interstitial Pulmonary Emphysema

We report a case of congenital tuberculosis, a rare entity itself; complicated by pulmonary interstitial emphysema, thus leading to air entrapment in lungs and prolonged oxygen dependence. The diagnosis of congenital tuberculosis is often missed and under-reported due to low index of suspicion and l...

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Autores principales: Singh, Tarsem, Natt, Navreet Kaur, Sharma, Manu, Singh, Harmanjit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741540
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.128731
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spelling pubmed-39823392014-04-16 Congenital Tuberculosis Complicated by Interstitial Pulmonary Emphysema Singh, Tarsem Natt, Navreet Kaur Sharma, Manu Singh, Harmanjit J Clin Neonatol Case Report We report a case of congenital tuberculosis, a rare entity itself; complicated by pulmonary interstitial emphysema, thus leading to air entrapment in lungs and prolonged oxygen dependence. The diagnosis of congenital tuberculosis is often missed and under-reported due to low index of suspicion and less sensitivity of diagnostic tools. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3982339/ /pubmed/24741540 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.128731 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Clinical Neonatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Singh, Tarsem
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Singh, Harmanjit
Congenital Tuberculosis Complicated by Interstitial Pulmonary Emphysema
title Congenital Tuberculosis Complicated by Interstitial Pulmonary Emphysema
title_full Congenital Tuberculosis Complicated by Interstitial Pulmonary Emphysema
title_fullStr Congenital Tuberculosis Complicated by Interstitial Pulmonary Emphysema
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Tuberculosis Complicated by Interstitial Pulmonary Emphysema
title_short Congenital Tuberculosis Complicated by Interstitial Pulmonary Emphysema
title_sort congenital tuberculosis complicated by interstitial pulmonary emphysema
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741540
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.128731
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