Recurrent Tuberculosis in a Young Child

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Aug;39(8):e207-e209. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002685.

Abstract

A young child, 19 months of age, presented with a second episode of tuberculosis after full recovery from initial tuberculosis disease 6 months earlier. Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from both episodes were genotyped and differed from one another. We present the first case of proven tuberculosis reinfection in a likely immunocompetent child, living in a high-risk environment favorable for exposition to M. tuberculosis but in a low-incidence country.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Family
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Recurrence
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology