An extremely rare case of endophthalmitis in an infant with congenital tuberculosis.

Congenital tuberculosis (CTB) is the transmission of infection from mother to infant during the intrauterine period or delivery. An 82-day-old infant presented to Nilratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, with a history of persistent fever from Day 15 of age. Over the course of more than 2 months, there were pneumonia, hepatosplenomegaly and endophthalmitis which were unresponsive to a range of antibiotics, and there had been several admissions to local hospitals.