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He Y, Lyon CJ, Nguyen DT, Liu C, Sha W, et al.
Diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) is often complicated by its nonspecific symptoms, paucibacillary nature, and the need for invasive specimen collection techniques. However, a recently reported assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence factors in serum can di…
Mohammed Suleiman, Andrés Pérez-López, Ruwa Mohamed, Faheem Mirza, Amina Souli, et al.
Diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in children is challenging due to the paucibacillary nature of the disease and difficulty in obtaining sputum samples. This 6-year retrospective study compared the diagnostic performance of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra PCR (GX-MTB/R-U) assay, an improv…
Grønningen E, Nanyaro M, Sviland L, Ngadaya E, Muller W, et al.
Pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is a diagnostic challenge. A new immunochemistry based MPT64 antigen detection test has shown improved sensitivity compared to current laboratory tests. The aim of this study was to implement and validate the test performance in a reso…
Li L, Mao L, van der Zalm MM, Olivo J, Liu S, et al.
Objectives Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is complicated by challenges in obtaining invasive respiratory specimens that frequently contain few Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) bacilli. We report the diagnostic performance of an Mtb antigen-derived peptide (MAP-TB) assay an…
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…
Bhanu Desai, Rushi N Patel, Yashvi Vijaykumar Dattani, Tamannaben Rameshbhai Ninama, Amay Himanshu Khara, et al.
… TB in children. Paediatric clinical feature is variable in tuberculosis. Many cases of primary TB infection in children are asymptomatic and remain completely unnoticed or accidentally discovered at a later stage. In this study we looked for clinical and radiological presentatio…
Ery Olivianto, Agustin Iskandar, Triyana Dian Dhuha Akmaly, Sarah Zoraya Mirza, Maxie Felix Jahono
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health challenge, particularly among children. Diagnosing pediatric TB is complicated due to nonspecific symptoms and the difficulty of obtaining sputum samples for microbiological confirmation. Immunological tests, such as the…
Amodini Lakshmeswar, Mamta N. Anand, M B Koujalgi
…ackground: In India, an estimated 220,000 children contract tuberculosis (TB) annually, yet the absence of a gold standard test hinders effective diagnosis and reporting of childhood TB. Objective: This study aimed to analyse the clinical profile of childhood tuberculosis, utiliz…
Mete Yesil A, Yalcin E, Ademhan Turhal D, Emiralioglu N, Dogru D, et al.
…c profile, and treatment outcomes, and to draw attention to tuberculosis (TB) in Turkey. Methods . A retrospective, descriptive study was undertaken of 93 children aged 0 to 18 years who were admitted to Hacettepe University Pediatric Pulmonology Department for treatment from Jan…
Pace D, Pellegrino R, Dalpiaz I, Renni M, Galli L, et al.
Introduction The diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) is challenging, due to the lower sensitivity of microbiological tests, such as culture and microscopy, compared to their performance in adult cases. Guidelines have introduced molecular tests, including GeneXpert MTB/ RIF …
Shrinivasa B. Marinaik, Sriram Selvaraju, R. Srinivasan, Krishnamoorthy, Sunil Kumar Raina, et al.
Background: About one-fifth of the global gap in TB diagnosis was contributed by India which translates to roughly over half a million cases. Meanwhile the National tuberculosis elimination programme has made coordinated efforts to involve public and private health providers in a…
Emad Siddiqui, Tooba Siddiqui, Abdus Salam Khan
Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB), a preventable airborne infectious disease, early detection is essential to improve health outcomes. Extent of childhood tuberculosis is unknown and is estimated to be around 6% of all incidences. Diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis is always…
Gupta N, Kashyap B, Dewan P, Hyanki P, Singh NP
Aim and objectives The paucibacillary nature of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) makes diagnosis difficult. The aim of the study was to correlate the clinical spectrum of pediatric TB with microbiological diagnosis. Materials and methods Specimens from clinically suspected pediatric T…
Pınar Etiz, Ali Tanju Altunsu
…xamine the epidemiologic features and treatment outcomes of pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis cases who were registered to the Adana Tuberculosis Dispensaries. Materials and Methods: Fifty-six pediatric patients aged 0-18 years with the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis were exa…
M K, S S, S M
Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease, but increased mortality and morbidity associated with TB is one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs known to regulate the host immune response against TB. We investigated …
Dhruv Gandhi, Meenakshi Dey, Sonal Patil, Dhruv Mamtora, Ira Shah
Abstract Background The diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains challenging due to difficulties in specimen collection and the paucibacillary nature of the disease. While Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) culture is the gold standard, its long turnaround time lim…
Kaba Ö, Kara M, Odacılar CA, Kamer İ, Sütçü M, et al.
Aim Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is observed more frequently and leads to complications with a higher rate in children compared with adults because the risk of lymphohematogen spread is higher. In this study, the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic findings and treatment outcomes…
Kaur H, Guglani V, Singhal L, Randev S, Kumar P, et al.
Background Microbiological diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) using conventional microbiological techniques has been challenging due to paucibacillary nature of the disease. Molecular methods using cartridge-based tests like Xpert, have immensely improved diagnosis. A novel…
Dilia Fontalvo-Rivera, Maria Daniels-García, Jesly Doria-Atencia, Karen Tous-Barrios, Liliana Molinares-Núñez, et al.
**UNLABELLED:** The diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in children is challenging due to the variable and nonspecific manifestations and the low rate of M. tuberculosis isolations which delayed diagnosis, leading to an increase in cases with unfavorable outcomes. **…
Laura Moretó Planas, MD
Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in children is challenging in low and middle-income countries where access to TB culture and X-ray is limited. More than half cases of childhood TB remain undiagnosed every year. A delay in TB diagnosis can lead to an increase in preventable morbidity …
Lo Vecchio A, Scarano SM, Amato C, Spagnuolo MI, Bruzzese E, et al.
The outbreak of COVID-19 resulted in a decrease in tuberculosis notification rates globally. We compared tuberculosis incidence rates and disease severity in children seen in our centre prior and during COVID-19 pandemic.We performed a cohort study enrolling children aged under 1…
Jyoti Sharma, Sanjeev Chaudhary, Sandesh Guleria, Vipan Garg, Anju Bala
…AAT) positivity in presumptive pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in pediatric patients.Materials and methods: It was a descriptive observational study done in pediatric presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and EPTB patients in a tertiary care institute of north…
James V, Samuel J, Ong GY
Background Tuberculosis of the abdomen is one of the most common extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis. Even in areas where tuberculosis is endemic, intra-abdominal tuberculous can pose a diagnostic and management challenge because of the lack of presence of overt clinica…
Moretó-Planas L, Mahajan R, Fidelle Nyikayo L, Ajack YBP, Tut Chol B, et al.
Background More than half of childhood tuberculosis cases remain undiagnosed yearly. The World Health Organization recommends the Xpert-Ultra assay as a first pediatric diagnosis test, but microbiological confirmation remains low. We aimed to determine the diagnostic performance …
Alshrouf MA, Elifranji ZO, Halayqeh S, Al-Saber M, Karam AM
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases globally, often presenting with nonspecific symptoms that can obscure diagnosis, especially when it manifests in uncommon sites such as osteoarticular tuberculosis (OA-TB). Case presentation We report…