Pediatric Tuberculosis in Stockholm: A Mirror to the World

BACKGROUND:Increasing international migration has changed the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in Europe. Little is published on clinical manifestations and epidemiology in children in this new era. METHODS:Clinical and laboratory data on all children with TB in Stockholm between 2000 and 2009 were...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2012-03, Vol.31 (3), p.224-227
Hauptverfasser:	Nejat, Sahar, Buxbaum, Charlotte, Eriksson, Margareta, Pergert, Mats, Bennet, Rutger
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Antitubercular Agents - pharmacology Bacterial Typing Techniques Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Drug Resistance, Bacterial Female Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Male Medicin och hälsovetenskap Molecular Epidemiology Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects Retrospective Studies Sweden - epidemiology Travel Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:	BACKGROUND:Increasing international migration has changed the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in Europe. Little is published on clinical manifestations and epidemiology in children in this new era. METHODS:Clinical and laboratory data on all children with TB in Stockholm between 2000 and 2009 were entered into a database and retrospectively completed with information from case records. Population data, including parentsʼ country of birth, were obtained from Statistics Sweden. RESULTS:TB was diagnosed in 147 children
ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/INF.0b013e31823d923c