Recurrent Tuberculosis in a Young Child. Issue 8 (August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dreesman, Alexandra; Stévart, Oriane; Adler, Catherine; Mathys, Vanessa; Mouchet, Françoise
• Is Part Of: Pediatric infectious disease journal. Volume 39:Issue 8(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-08
• Subjects: mycobacterium tuberculosis -- recurrence -- infant -- culture confirmation -- genotyping; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Infection in children -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002685
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3668

Abstract

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.