RÉSUMÉ OF THE LITERATURE FOR 1921 ON TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDHOOD
| Autor: | M. G. Peterman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1924 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Lung Tuberculosis Latent tuberculosis business.industry Hilum (biology) Diagnostic test General Medicine medicine.disease Serology Surgery Bronchophony medicine.anatomical_structure Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Seventh dorsal vertebra Medicine medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Diseases of Children. 27:382 |
| ISSN: | 0096-8994 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archpedi.1924.01920100087010 |
| Popis: | Levinson 1 studied 300 children, most of whom had come in contact with tuberculosis. One hundred and forty-one reacted positively and eighty-three reacted negatively to the tuberculin test; the diagnosis of the condition of the remaining seventy-six was doubtful. Most of the children with positive reactions had become infected from the fathers. Of the group of 141 children, thirteen presented symptoms of active tuberculosis, and 128 of latent tuberculosis. Only three of those with active symptoms had active pulmonary lesions. Ninety-eight per cent. of those with latent tuberculosis had no subjective symptoms, but 90 per cent, were under weight. In 75 per cent. hilum dulness and whispered bronchophony to the seventh dorsal vertebra were present. There was a shadow in the roentgen-ray plates in the region of the hilum, and one or more calcified areas in the substance of the lung. The Eustace Smith's sign was very infrequent. Levinson believes |
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