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Emad Siddiqui, Tooba Siddiqui, Abdus Salam Khan
…s estimated to be around 6% of all incidences. Diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis is always difficult and no age is spared, however, children <5 years are more at risk. Children frequently admitted through emergencies of hospitals with different working diagnoses and later di…
Nidhi, Rupinder Kaur, Rachna Verma, Usha Chhillar
…xtrapulmonary tuberculosis cases. Cutaneous tuberculosis in pediatric patients is often misleading and very difficult to diagnose, as it can mimic various other skin diseases. Here, we present a case series of CTB in children with atypical presentation and location. This case ser…
Mijović H, Al-Nasser Y, Al-Rawahi GN, Roberts AD
Microbiologic confirmation of pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis remains challenging, leading to diagnostic delays. In our retrospective case series, real-time molecular testing (Xpert MTB/RIF) on respiratory and extrapulmonary specimens resulted in a more rapid diagnosis of e…
Li YJ, Wilkinson KA, Wilkinson RJ, Figaji AA, Rohlwink UK
…ynamics for MMP-9 that offer novel insight into its role in pediatric patients with tuberculous meningitis.
Albina Ponosheci Biçaku, Kurtesh Sherifi, Ardian Biçaku, Sadije Namani
…USIONS:** This case highlights the diagnostic challenges of pediatric TBM in immunocompetent and(BCG)-vaccinated children, particularly in the presence of initially negative microbiological findings. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining a high index of clinical suspicion a…
Sevgi Yaşar Durmuş, Gönül Tanır, Ayşe Seçil Ekşioğlu, Türkan Aydın Teke, Yasemin Taşçı Yıldız, et al.
…mesenteric lymph node. The aim of this study is to evaluate pediatric cases diagnosed with abdominal tuberculosis. Material and Methods: Between 2012-2018, seven patients diagnosed with abdominal tuberculosis through patients who diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in our …
M K, S S, S M
…be used as a blood biomarker for the effective diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis. A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted, including 30 children with active-TB and 30 healthy controls (HC) in a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry. We used the SYBR green-based miScrip…
Dawani A, Gupta AK, Jana M
…ry specific. This article describes the imaging spectrum of pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Anouska Mangaroo-Pillay, Du Toit Loots, Regan Solomons, Shayne Mason
…s (TBM) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a South African pediatric cohort using two-dimensional gas chromatography linked to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-TOFMS). A metabolite extraction and derivatization protocol was performed using CSF samples from 21 cases of bac…
Alshrouf MA, Elifranji ZO, Halayqeh S, Al-Saber M, Karam AM
…re crucial to improving the understanding and management of pediatric osteoarticular tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Li G, Cannon K, Sisniega C, Fergie J
Pediatric tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a severe form of tuberculosis that may present in children. The current diagnostic methods may have a limited impact on initial clinical decision-making. We present three children with tuberculous meningitis who had Mycobacterium tubercul…
Xinxin Zeng, Hao Xu, Aole Li, Juanjuan Liu, Yuhang Wu, et al.
…ents and treatment response, were collected by professional pediatricians through the hospital medical records system and telephone follow-ups. **RESULTS:** A total of 597 children were included, about 75% of children were pulmonary TB (PTB)-only; the remaining 25% children were…
Moisa SM, Miron I, Adam-Raileanu A, Lupu VV, Lupu A, et al.
…the case of a 14-year-old female teenager, presented to our Pediatric Service with a 14-day history of dysphagia, odynophagia and left reflex otalgia associated with a 5 kg weight loss. Clinical examination revealed mild pharyngeal erythema, marked enlargement of the left tonsil …
Dhruv Paul, Tushar Rathod, Umang Sheth, Shubhranshu S. Mohanty, Prashant Kamble
…as tubercular osteomyelitis of pubis been documented in the pediatric age group.
Javeria Javed, Muhammad Osama Khan, Fatima Zahra, Rashida Abbas Fakhruddin Lacewala, Maryam Aftab, et al.
…sentation, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment outcomes of pediatric AbTB treated at tertiary care centers in a lower middle-income country. **METHODOLOGY:** A retrospective review was conducted of children < 18 years who were diagnosed with AbTB between January 2012 and Decemb…
Delgado-Argote H, Leiva LM, Rojas C
…velopmental sequelae. This case exemplifies the spectrum of pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis in endemic developing countries. Furthermore, it shows the severity of highly disabling neurological complications and stresses the importance of radiological imaging in guiding diag…
Teunissen CE, Rohlwink U, Pajkrt D, Naudé PJW
…marize current research in the use of biomarkers in TBM and pediatric HIV as case demonstrations for high prevalence neurological diseases in Africa. Inflammatory molecules, primarily when detected in CSF, appear to have diagnostic value in these diseases, especially when measure…
Liu E, Kakodkar P, Pan H, Zhou A, Toyota P, et al.
…ed home in stable condition. Lessons A literature review on pediatric intracranial tuberculoma was performed, which included 48 studies (n = 49). The mean age was 8.8 ± 5.4 years with a slight female predilection (59%). Predominant solitary tuberculomas (63%) were preferentially …
Kappel AD, Lehman LL, Northam WT, See AP, Smith ER
… rare but serious sequalae of TBM and may be more common in pediatric patients. The risk of stroke may be mitigated by pial synangiosis or other revascularization surgeries in carefully selected patients.
Carril SS, Neyro SE, Pena Amaya P, Vazquez M, Squassi IR, et al.
Introduction Adolescence is a key risk period for tuberculosis disease and its adverse outcomes. This group commonly develops infectious forms of tuberculosis and has a wider range of social contacts outside the household. There are few specific data on the behavior of tuberculos…
Chau Duc Nguyen-Huu, Thi Thu Phuong Tran, T. H. La, Van-Tuy Nguyen
Abstract Background Tuberculosis in children remains a significant public health issue in Vietnam. This study aims to describe the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of children with pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis and to evaluate the value of certain hematologic…
Safira Amelia, Nastiti Kaswandani
Background: Tuberculosis remains a significant cause of mortality in children. Nutritional status is one of the major risk factors for tuberculosis severity. This study investigated the factors influencing nutritional status in tuberculosis patients. Methods: This is a retrospect…
Zhang Y, Tao Y
Pancreatic tuberculosis (TB) is an uncommon form of extrapulmonary TB and represents a diagnostic challenge for physicians. Pancreatic TB presents with nonspecific signs and symptoms and may mimic malignancy. However, pancreatic TB rarely occurs in children. Here, we present a ca…
Aditya Pawar, Niranjan Sahoo, Pawan Sharma, Nidhi Rathi
Even in countries like India where the general dictum is to consider Tuberculosis as one of the differential diagnosis to any condition that is still under evaluation. Parotid Tuberculosis is a very rare entity. There are fewer than 200 cases reported in literature worldwide of P…
Movahedi Z, Mahmoudi S, Banar M, Pourakbari B, Aziz-Ahari A, et al.
Introduction Reductions in global tuberculosis incidence are considered as one of the End TB Strategy goal. The diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children is challenging due to insufficient specimen material and the scarcity of bacilli in specimens. The purpose of this study was …