Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
RMS Wong ( 黃明沁 ) MBBS, MRCP, FHKCPaed
KY Wong ( 黃嘉賢 ) MBBS, MRCP, FHKCPaed
BCC Lam ( 藍章翔 ) FRCP(Edin, Lond), FRCPCH, FHKAM
Correspondence to: Dr RMS Wong
Received August 14, 2006
Hong Kong is endemic for tuberculosis but congenital or perinatal tuberculosis is a rare entity. We describe a case of congenital tuberculosis in a premature infant with atypical presentation both in the mother and the baby.