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Mae Anne Rizalyn Allam, Mary Jane Dolores Ayson
Objective: Pediatric HIV is a national health concern that has grown exponentially in the past 5 years. This study aimed to determine the clinico-demographic profile and outcome of pediatric HIV/AIDS patients 0-18 years old seen at the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) HIV/AI…
Renee Gresh, Kimberly Davidow, Jeff Myers, D Morley
…s been a metric tracked for the US News and World Report in pediatric oncology. Electronic health record (EHR) based tools may be used to improve rates of vaccination. An oncology knowledgebase is an internal web portal that integrates relevant diagnostic and clinical data from t…
Nicolas A. Menzies, Tyler S. Brown, Jeffrey W. Eaton, Peter J. Dodd, Ted Cohen, et al.
…d dying from tuberculosis (TB). We estimated the additional pediatric TB cases and deaths that could occur over 2025-2034 if programmes supported by United States bilateral health aid and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Global Fund) are discontinued. Met…
Lauren R Brown, Mariette Smith, Cari van Schalkwyk, Leigh F Johnson, Vanessa Mudaly, et al.
**BACKGROUND:** Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern in high-burden settings like the Western Cape (WC), South Africa. We analyzed geographic differences in TB burden among children and young adolescents, described temporal trends, and quantified gaps…
Gómez-Valverde JJ, Sánchez-Jacob R, Ribó JL, Schaaf HS, García Delgado L, et al.
…ly those under the age of 5 years. The complex diagnosis of pediatric TB, compounded by limited access to more accurate diagnostic tests, underscores the need for improved tools to enhance diagnosis and care in resource-limited settings. Objective This study aims to present a tel…
Dhira Rizki Putri, Marichatul Jannah
…n 2017, Indonesia had 4.950 new cases of HIV infection in pediatrics. In HIV, a chest x-ray is generally used to determine the Opportunistic Infections (OIs) to accelerate treatment. There are differences in the projections and the typical features on chest x-ray in each OI. Th…
Silla Varghese Thomas, Priya Rajendran, Sivakumar Shanmugam
This review provides an insight into pediatric tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in India. Significant challenges still exist in the accurate diagnosis of pediatric TB due to the paucibacillary status of the bacilli and the nonspecific clinical symptoms. Despite advancements in newer d…
Muljadi R, Koesbandono, Octavius GS
Introduction Despite medical advancement, pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) still has high morbidity and mortality, due to challenging detection in clinical practice. Ultrasound has been touted as the next best diagnostic tool but currently, this claim is unfounded. Therefor…
de Souza Campos Fernandes RC, Louvain de Souza T, da Silva Barcellos T, Medina-Acosta E
…t a few studies have shown a skewing toward the male sex in pediatric IRIS. Here, we assessed sex-specific differences in the causes and extent of IRIS infectious events in HIV-infected pediatric patients on ART. We carried out a prospective clinical analysis (from 2000 to 2018) …
Trim Lajqi, Natascha Köstlin‐Gille, Christian Gille
…in 2020. Particularly, in low- and middle-income countries, pediatric infectious diseases remain a significant public health concern. During early development, infants rely mainly on the activity of the innate immune responses in the defense against invading pathogens. Until rece…
Bineeta Kashyap, Neha Gupta, Pooja Dewan, Puneeta Hyanki, Narendra Singh
… cough, low fever and weight loss. Radiological features in pediatric pulmonary TB may also remain non-specific, most typical being hilar or paratracheal lymphadenopathy. So the diagnosis remains difficult. Microbiological confirmation remains challenging due to suboptimal pulmon…
Sabila Salsabila, Ni Made Mertaniasih, Retno Asih Setyoningrum
…common result on the Xpert MTB/RIF examination in suspected pediatric TB cases. Abstract Introduction: The difficulty of diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) is the most significant challenge in pediatric pulmonary TB cases. More accurate and faster diagnostic tools are essential for det…
Goussard P, Retief F, Burke J, Malherbe A, Janson J
… to identify relevant literature. The search was limited to pediatrics, pulmonology, bronchoscopy, and pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis for all articles published in English on pediatric bronchoscopy between 2010 and 2020. Recent advances in pediatric bronchoscopy was included, a…
Zhang KX, Varma H, Cao Y, Shah VS
…es are variable, and complications are frequent. Only a few pediatric cases have been reported, and further insight is needed to assess the child's alignment outcomes and ability for postsurgical gain of function. The aim of our study is to report the outcomes of this surgical pr…
Raizada N, McDowell A, Parija D, Sachdeva KS, Khaparde SD, et al.
Background A significant proportion of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) patients go unnotified due to the challenges in diagnosis of TB among children. The experiences of this vulnerable group while going through the TB care cascade remain largely undocumented. The aim of this study w…
Jocimar da Silva Santos, Franciely da Costa Alves, Efraim José Dos Santos Júnior, José Lamartine Soares‐Sobrinho, Mônica Felts de La Roca Soares
…nd dapsone. This represents results in lack of adherence in pediatric patients and drug therapy failure, although numerous formulations and technologies have already been developed. AREA COVERED: This study aims to analyze the technological evolution of the pharmaceutical treatme…
Salerno SN, Capparelli EV, McIlleron H, Gerhart JG, Dumond JB, et al.
…tuberculosis co-infection leads to significant mortality in pediatric patients, and treatment can be challenging due to the clinically significant drug-drug interaction (DDI) between lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/RTV) and rifampin. Doubling LPV/RTV results in insufficient lopinavir tr…
Tom Liba, Amit Olami, Michael Brant, Alon Gorenshtein, Adir Sommer, et al.
Pediatric uveitis is a leading cause of visual impairment, often resulting in severe complications without timely and appropriate intervention. Its etiology varies geographically, necessitating a comprehensive epidemiological assessment. To identify prevalent causes of pediatric …
Chawla K, Burugina Nagaraja S, Siddalingaiah N, Sanju C, Kumar U, et al.
… The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of screening pediatric household contacts (under the age of 15 years) for tuberculosis (TB) in India through verbal screening, tuberculin skin testing, and chest radiography at intervals of 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. The study also a…
Villarreal EG, Ramos-Barrera E, Estrada-Mendizabal RJ, Treviño-Valdez PD, Tamez-Rivera O
…d Analyzing the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of pediatric tuberculosis in endemic regions is crucial to meet the goal of ending tuberculosis. The objective was to assess the various clinical scenarios of tuberculosis in a large pediatric cohort in Mexico. Methods This…
Daniel Capellán-Martín, Abhijeet Parida, Juan J. Gómez-Valverde, Ramon Sanchez, Pooneh Roshanitabrizi, et al.
…is (TB) remains a significant global health challenge, with pediatric cases posing a major concern. The World Health Organization (WHO) advocates for chest X-rays (CXRs) forTB screening. However, visual interpretation by radiologists can be subjective, time-consuming and prone to…
Luan H, Deng Q, Sheng W, Mamat M, Guo H, 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…
Maharaj S, Mungul S, Ahmed S
…l treatment. We have also described the demographic data of pediatric versus adult patients and the predominant age-related subtypes of deep neck space infections. Patients and methods A retrospective review of the data from patients with deep neck space infections during a 5.5-y…
Golandaj JA
…re an attempt has been made to trace the number of notified Pediatric TB cases during and after COVID-19 lockdown and unlock period, and then compared with the same period of previous year. The epidemic data on notified pediatric TB cases for 2019 and 2020 were extracted from the…
Fekadu G, Bekele F, Bekele K, Girma T, Mosisa G, 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…