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Earley M, Chirenda J, Highet A, Mujuru HA, Yang Z
Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) represents a major barrier to reducing global TB mortality, especially in countries confronting dual TB and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics. Our study aimed to characterize pediatric TB epidemiology in the high-burden setting of Harare, Zi…
Yoonsun Yoon, Joon‐sik Choi, Hanpum Yoon, Sun Young Cho, Yae‐Jean Kim
…reported. There have been few reports of TB exposure in the pediatric hematology-oncology ward. Methods A mother of a pediatric cancer patient was diagnosed with active TB with a cavity. Contact investigation was performed on patients, their parents, and healthcare workers who we…
Mandera I, Ayebazibwe G, Tumusiime A, Byamukama T, Mfitumukiza V, et al.
…rculosis (TB) and >214,000 died in 2022. The integration of pediatric TB screening should help in the identification and management of cases among children attending clinics at entry points. This study aimed to establish the extent of integrating pediatric TB screening into mains…
Daniela Russo
…rculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem. In the pediatric population, the prevention and diagnosis of TB is considered a major challenge. For this reason, this scoping review will be conducted in order to systematically map the research carried out in this area and id…
Caroline Chepchirchir, Dorothy Onyango, Jackie Obey
Tuberculosis (TB) is in the top rank of causes of pediatric morbidity and mortality. In 2017, approximately 1 million children were infected with the disease and 230,000 died. In Kenya, tuberculosis is number 4 on the causes of death with 6.3% of total deaths. Nandi County is one…
Siddalingaiah N, Chawla K, Nagaraja SB, Hazra D
Pediatric tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in children due to high transmission, poor diagnostic tools, and various respiratory diseases mimicking TB. Identifying risk factors will provide evidence for clinicians to strongly relate their diagnosis to the a…
Pratik P Padyal, Sandeep M. Bhelkar, Vivekanand B Chachere, Lalitkumar Patle, Teresa Bansod
…ublic health challenge in India, particularly in vulnerable pediatric populations within tribal regions.Despite ongoing efforts under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), there is limited data on the epidemiological profile and spatial distribution of pediatric…
Kim Y, Bae KS, Choi UY, Han SB, Kim JH
Background The treatment of pediatric patients with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a crucial TB control strategy. LTBI is not a reportable communicable disease, and data regarding LTBI treatment in pediatric patients in Korea are scarce. This study aimed to investigate t…
Harrist AV, McDaniel CJ, Wortham JM, Althomsons SP
Introduction Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) cases are sentinel events for Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in communities because children, by definition, must have been infected relatively recently. However, these events are not consistently identified by genotype-dependent …
Wun-Yan Huang, Ming-Sheng Lee, Liang-Mei Lin, Yichen Liu
…hod in predicting sputum culture results for critically ill pediatric patients.MethodsFrom June 2008 to June 2018, patients with pneumonia with an endotracheal or a tracheostomy tube in place in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Changhua Christian Hospital were enrolled retros…
Alicia Hernanz-Lobo, Juan J Gómez-Valverde, Ángel Lancharro, Ramón Sánchez-Jacob, José Luis Ribó, et al.
…t radiography (CXR) is the most widely used imaging tool in pediatric tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic pathways, and remains central in current WHO algorithms. However, its standalone diagnostic accuracy has not been well established in standardized multicenter evaluations. This stud…
Yang Yang, Dan Ye, Zhentao Fei, Ping Liu, Huarui Liu, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health challenge, characterized by age-specific difficulties especially in diagnosis compared to adults. This review summarizes key advances in pediatric TB diagnostics over the past five years. **METHODS:** Lite…
Wang DM, Wang C, An Q, Yang Q, Liao Y
…ample, dynamic epidemiology, and characteristic analysis of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) in Southwest China is not clear. Herein, we conducted descriptive dynamic epidemiology, characteristic analysis and geographical distribution study of pediatric TB inpatients in Southwest Chin…
German Josuet Lapo‐Talledo, María José Jaramillo-Montaño, Carlos M. Reyes, Carlos Andrés Parrales Cevallos, A. Parra, et al.
…culosis hospitalizations were analyzed, 2,955 (16.67%) were pediatric patients, 14,769 (83.33%) were adults. Adults showed higher proportion of deaths (10.31%) than children (1.83%). Tuberculosis of lung was the most frequent type in both children and adults (n=11,284; 63.67%). G…
Marina Bahaa Monir Zakhary Gad El Sayed, Dennis Tai, Lucy Yu, Daniel Novak, Amrita Dosanjh
…tcomes of pulmonary NTM infections in a non-cystic fibrosis pediatric population from four distinct age groups. **METHODS:** A retrospective study as cross-sectional design for data collection from the TriNetX platform, a global electronic health record database. Inclusion crite…
Alexandra R Linn, Andrew P. Steenhoff
…ground The WHO currently estimates that at least a third of pediatric and adolescent tuberculosis cases go untreated or incompletely treated each year. Many cases are detected but lost to follow-up due to underreporting to national or private surveillance systems. Methods We cond…
Rika Oktania Sari, Bayu Prabowo
Introduction: Pediatric tuberculosis can cause a variety of problems, including growth failure, disability, and death. In 2021, WHO recorded 10.6 million individuals had tuberculosis globally, with pediatric tuberculosis accounting for 11% of these cases. Indonesia is the second …
G Fekadu, F Bekele, K Bekele, T Girma, G Mosisa, et al.
…berculosis drugs result in non-adherence to treatment among pediatric patients. Hence, this study was aimed to evaluate pediatrics adherence status among tuberculosis pediatric patients on anti-tuberculosis treatment at Nekemte Specialized Hospital.Methods: A health facility-base…
Kelly Walblay, Tristan D. McPherson, Elissa Roop, David F. Soglin, Ann Valley, et al.
…evalence of C. auris colonization has not been described in pediatric populations in the United States, and limited data exist on CPO colonization in children outside intensive care units. The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) conducted a PPS to assess C. auris and CPO c…
Weldetsadik AY, Abayneh M, Abraha M, Sirgu S, Bekele D
Introduction Most previous pediatric COVID-19 studies reported milder disease in children. However, there are limited pediatric data from low-income settings. We aimed to assess the characteristics and outcomes of pediatric COVID-19 in Ethiopia. Setting St. Paul's COVID-19 treatm…
Mardiati, Anna Millizia, Noviana Zara, Khania Atika, Najwa Zakiyya
Background: Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health issue, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In areas such as Aceh, the nutritional needs of pediatric TB patients are frequently neglected, with treatment primarily addressing the causes of infecti…
Raj Narayan Yadav, Manpreet Bhalla, Yellanki Yashwanth Chowdary, Ajoy Kumar Verma, Gaurav Kaushik, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Pediatric tuberculosis is an important subset of tuberculosis infection burden with a high detection gap due to paucibacillary nature. GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay detects rifampicin resistant (RR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) that provides bacillary load and mutat…
Raizada N, Khaparde SD, Salhotra VS, Rao R, Kalra A, et al.
…ajor cities of India to address TB diagnostic challenges in pediatric population, by offering free of cost Xpert testing to pediatric presumptive TB cases, thereby paving the way for better TB care. Methods A high throughput lab was established in each of the four project cities,…
…ground The WHO currently estimates that at least a third of pediatric and adolescent tuberculosis cases go untreated or incompletely treated each year. Many cases are detected but lost to follow-up due to underreporting to national or private surveillance systems. Methods We cond…
H. B. Luan, Q Deng, Sheng Wang, M Mamat, Huiping Guo, et al.
…ervicothoracic segmental tuberculosis (TB) with kyphosis in pediatric patients.Methods: The clinical data of 15 pediatric patients admitted to our hospital from January 2010 to December 2017 who underwent staged posterior–anterior combined surgery for cervicothoracic segmental TB…