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Unrecognized pediatric adult-type tuberculosis puts school contacts at risk.
Steppacher, Anna; Scheer, Ianina; Relly, Christa; Zacek, Bea; Turk, Alexander; Altpeter, Ekkehardt; Berger, Christoph; Nadal, David.
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  • Steppacher A; From the *Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, †Children's Research Center, and ‡Division of Diagnostic Imaging, University Children's Hospital of Zurich; §TB Zentrum bei Lunge Zürich, Lung League of the Canton of Zurich, Zurich; and ¶Federal Office of Public Health, Division of Communicable Diseases, Berne, Switzerland.
Pediatr Infect Dis J ; 33(3): 325-8, 2014 Mar.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24168975
ABSTRACT
Adolescents with an immigrant background who are from tuberculosis high-incidence regions were at highest risk to develop adult-type tuberculosis disease in a low-incidence region during a 20-year period. If diagnosis and treatment were delayed up to 6 months, latent tuberculosis infection was detected in almost half of the affected individuals' school contacts.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tuberculosis Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / PEDIATRIA Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: Switzerland
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tuberculosis Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / PEDIATRIA Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: Switzerland