[Congenital miliary tuberculosis. Apropos of a case]

Congenital tuberculosis is an uncommon but probably underestimated disease. All cases occurring in developing countries are not published. Twenty-nine cases have been published in the English literature since 1980. The diagnosis of congenital tuberculosis is different from post-natal tuberculosis and is based on recently defined criteria: bacteriologically proven tuberculosis in a new-born associated with at least one of the following: specific hepatic granulomatosis, tuberculosis infection of the placenta or maternal genital tract, exclusion of possible post-natal transmission. We report a case of congenital tuberculosis to be added to the 29 preceding cases meeting current diagnostic criteria.