Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as febrile seizures with fatal evolution in an infant

Vol. 55 No. 4, 2014

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Ileana Octavia Petrescu, Cristian Gheonea, Cosmin Sebastian Voican, Daniela Ciobanu, Mimi Nitu, Florin Petrescu

Disseminated tuberculosis with the involvement of brain, liver and gut is a rare disease in immunocompetent infant. Early diagnostic and instauration of anti-tuberculosis therapy is capital because the outcome is poor. Here, we report the case of an 11-month-old boy with disseminated tuberculosis of brain, liver abdominal lymph nodes, small bowel and lung, which presented with fever, generalized tonic-clonic seizure, hemodynamic instability and a history of recurrent respiratory tract infections. His father was diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis six month ago and family members completed an anti-tuberculosis chemoprophylaxis regimen.

Corresponding author: Cristian Gheonea, Associate Professor, MD, PhD; e-mail: cgheonea@gmail.com

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