[Pulmonary tuberculosis in infants: apropos of 149 cases]. / Tuberculosis pulmonar en la infancia: a propósito de 149 casos.
An Esp Pediatr
; 32(1): 15-9, 1990 Jan.
Article
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| ID: mdl-2183660
ABSTRACT
One hundred and forty-nine cases of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis were analysed being a 77.6% of the 192 cases of tuberculosis diagnosed at the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department of "La Paz" Hospital, in a ten year period. The children were aged 3 months to 14 years; 65% of them were less than 6 years of age. The source case was found in 67.1% of the children. The primary means of diagnosis was contact screening (38.1%), followed by a 27.5% that presented with non-specific symptoms, while 18.1% of the cases presented with respiratory symptoms. Gastric aspirates yield the organism in 25.8% of cases. Radiologically the following was found 38.9% mixed patterns, 32.2% nodal patterns, 23.4% parenchymal patterns, 1.34 miliary tuberculosis, 1.34% caverns and 2.68% pleural effusions. Right lung location was more frequent in parenchymatous forms (68%), as well as in nodal forms (61.5%). The duration of the course of therapy changed along this ten years period from twelve months initially to ten months posteriorly, subsequently becoming a six month course of treatment. All cases experienced full recovery.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tuberculosis Pulmonar
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
An Esp Pediatr
Año:
1990
Tipo del documento:
Article