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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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Susanna Esposito, Beatrice Rita Campana, Gaia Giorgia Arnesano, Nicola Principi
Background: Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health concern, accounting for a substantial proportion of TB-related morbidity and mortality worldwide. Treatment in children is particularly challenging due to age-specific pharmacokinetics, difficulties in drug adm…
Lyu M, Zhou J, Cheng Y, Chong W, Wu K, et al.
…ntify proper respiratory-related sample types for adult and pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), respectively, by comparing performance of Xpert MTB/RIF when using bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), induced sputum (IS), expectorated sputum (ES), nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs), and…
Andrew Colin, MD, SM, Shatha Yousef, MD
…evalence of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection (NTM) in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis in the State fo Florida. HYPOTHESIS: There is high prevalence of NTM in CF pediatric population in the State of Florida, and likely higher than in the rest of the country. Non-tub…
…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…
Km Roma, Suvesh Shrestha, Nirajan Bhandari, Gaurav Jung Shah, Shivam Khetan
Introduction: Pediatric tuberculosis is an infectious disease and is a leading cause of death in Nepal. The incidence of pediatric TB is a key tool of ongoing transmission of tuberculosis within the community and vital indicator of disease control. Its diagnosis is very much chal…
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…
Kalra A, Parija D, Raizada N, Sachdeva KS, Rao R, et al.
Background Diagnosis of TB in pediatric population poses several challenges. A novel initiative was implemented in several major cities of India aimed at providing upfront access to free-of-cost Xpert MTB/RIF to presumptive pediatric TB cases. This paper aims to describe the expe…
Headriawan A, Pramono AA, Sukadi A, Chairulfatah A, Maskoen AM, et al.
Background As pediatric tuberculosis (TB) globally is still reported challenging in diagnosis, to date, a lot of efforts have been established to eliminate the disease including proper treatment regimen using anti-TB drugs. However, antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity (A…
Xiaojun Wang, Cuili Yang, Meilan Zhou, Cuiping Xiao, Xiaolu Yu, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Research on the economic burden of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains scarce. This study aims to investigate the hospitalization characteristics, direct medical expenses, and key determinants of hospitalization costs in pediatric TB patients. **METHODS:** We con…
Vukugah TA, Ntoh VN, Akoku DA, Leonie S, Jacob A
…o meet the specific needs of children is critical to ending pediatric TB epidemic. Systematic reviews are increasingly informing policies in pediatric tuberculosis (TB) care and control. However, there is a paucity of information on pediatric TB research priorities. Methodology .…
Hospices Civils de Lyon
…entation in areas of high incidence and low economic level. Pediatric cohorts in countries with high economic levels are rare, making it impossible to quantify and describe deviations from optimal recommendations. The French recommendations are mainly focused on screening cases o…
Christine Anterasian, Kim Dill-McFarland, Josh Ivie, Humphrey Mulenga, Justin Shenje, et al.
…among common host variants contributes to susceptibility to pediatric tuberculosis (TB) disease. Methods We used a case-control study with a 12–36-month prospective observation period to examine pediatric TB susceptibility in children 2 mo–5 years with household Mycobacterium tub…
Nora Fritschi, Schmidt A.J., Jürg Hammer, Nicole Ritz, Swiss pediatric surveillance unit
…ckground:</i></b> In Europe, surveillance and monitoring of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains important, particularly in the light of migration in recent years. The aim of the study was to evaluate incidence rates of childhood TB and detailed diagnostic pathways and treatment. …
Thomas VA, Crouse HL, Murray KO, Hsu DC, Camp EA, et al.
… The aim of this study was to perform a needs assessment of pediatric (PEM) and general emergency medicine (EM) provider knowledge, comfort, and current practice patterns in the evaluation of pediatric tropical infectious diseases. Methods An online survey was developed based on …
Mgode GF, Cox CL, Mwimanzi S, Mulder C
…ermined the performance of trained rats in the diagnosis of pediatric TB and whether they can improve detection rate compared to the standard of care. Methods Presumptive TB patients in 24 TB clinics in Tanzania were tested. Samples indicated as TB-positive by rats underwent conf…