Infant penile tuberculosis following circumcision

J Infect. 2009 Jan;58(1):83-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.11.011. Epub 2008 Dec 18.

Abstract

Primary penile tuberculosis associated with bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy is described in a previously healthy 10-month old infant, who had been circumcised in Pakistan 4 months earlier. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was detected by acid fast stain, PCR and culture in specimens obtained from the penile ulcer and the excised inguinal lymph nodes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Circumcision, Male / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lymphatic Diseases
  • Male
  • Microscopy
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / cytology
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Pakistan
  • Penile Diseases / microbiology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Tuberculosis / complications
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*