Congenital tuberculosis with candidal sepsis in a neonate

Abstract

About 300 cases of congenital tuberculosis have been reported in the world literature, nevertheless rarely with nonspecific clinical manifestations. Here, we report the case of a premature infant with congenital tuberculosis and septicemia due to Candida krusei, who was treated successfully.

Keywords

• <i>Candida</i> septicemia
• congenital tuberculosis