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Background
- Infection of a neonate by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Pathophysiology
- May be either acquired antenatally as congenital tuberculosis, via hematogenous dissemination from a mother with either miliary or primary TB, or post-natally as neonatal tuberculosis, via the usual airborne mechanism
