Perinatal tuberculosis: a diagnostic and treatment challenge in a remote area of Asmat Regency of South Papua, Indonesia (case report).

Perinatal tuberculosis (TB) is a rare infectious disease. The diagnosis of perinatal TB is challenging due to its nonspecific clinical manifestations make it difficult to differentiate from other infections, resulting in a high mortality rate of 40-60%. Here we report a 26-day-old neonate with fever, cough, fast breathing, poor feeding, subcostal retraction, bilateral crackles, hepatomegaly, and signs of shock.

Successful Oral Antimalarial Therapy in A 14-Year-Old Child with Blackwater Fever: A Case in a Rural Area of Asmat Regency of Papua, Indonesia: Successful Oral Antimalarial in Blackwater Fever.

Background: Blackwater fever (BWF) is one of the severe forms of malaria manifested by hemoglobinuria that causes dark-colored urine, fever, anemia, jaundice and acute kidney injury. BWF is most commonly associated with infection and its treatment. Parenteral antimalarial therapy is recommended as the treatment of choice for BWF.