Pediatric Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Clinical Spectrum, Risk Factors and Diagnostic Challenges in a Low Prevalence Region

Pediatric Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Clinical Spectrum, Risk Factors and Diagnostic Challenges in a Low Prevalence Region

Children are at higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) dissemination and extrapulmonary disease, contributing greatly to TB-associated morbidity and long-term sequelae. However, there are very few studies that assess the impact and clinical spectrum of pediatric extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) in low-prevalence...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2016-11, Vol.35 (11), p.1175
Hauptverfasser: Santiago-García, Begoña, Blázquez-Gamero, Daniel, Baquero-Artigao, Fernando, Ruíz-Contreras, Jesús, Bellón, Jose M, Muñoz-Fernández, Maria A, Mellado-Peña, María J
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Sprache:eng
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Antitubercular Agents
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Spain - epidemiology
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - drug therapy
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Tuberculosis - physiopathology
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Zusammenfassung:Children are at higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) dissemination and extrapulmonary disease, contributing greatly to TB-associated morbidity and long-term sequelae. However, there are very few studies that assess the impact and clinical spectrum of pediatric extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) in low-prevalence regions. Children
ISSN:1532-0987
DOI:10.1097/INF.0000000000001270