Clinical presentation of children with pulmonary tuberculosis: 25 years of experience in Lima, Peru
| Autor: | Adrianne Katrina Nelson, Leonid Lecca, Charmaine S. Lastimoso, Del Castillo-Barrientos H, Simms B, Untiveros-Tello A, Sonya Shin, Centeno-Luque G |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Adolescent Antitubercular Agents Tuberculin Nutritional Status Context (language use) Physical examination Comorbidity Predictive Value of Tests Risk Factors Peru medicine Humans Adverse effect Child Developing Countries Tuberculosis Pulmonary Bacteriological Techniques medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Tuberculin Test Age Factors Infant Newborn Infant medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Treatment Outcome Predictive value of tests Child Preschool Housing Female Radiography Thoracic Contact Tracing Chest radiograph business Contact tracing |
| Zdroj: | The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 18(9) |
| ISSN: | 1815-7920 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To describe clinical presentation across age groups in 2855 children with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) attending the Children's Hospital, Lima, Peru, to improve the diagnosis, treatment and care of childhood TB. DESIGN Children aged 0-14 years admitted between 1 January 1973 and 31 December 1997 with active pulmonary TB were enrolled. Demographic information, history, physical examination data, laboratory and microbiological results, chest radiograph data, disease classification, treatment and adverse effect data, and outcome at the time of discharge were recorded by pulmonologists using detailed chart abstractions. RESULTS Of the 2855 enrollees, 47% were malnourished and 56% had a household contact. Older children presented with classic TB symptoms, while weight loss and anorexia were rare in children aged |
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