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- Title
Pediatric tuberculosis in Turkey: a review of 8-years period in a tertiary care hospital.
- Authors
Bayhan, Gülsüm İclal; Tanır, Gönül; Metin, Özge; Şimsek, Hülya; Aydın-Teke, Türkan; Öz, Fatma Nur; Aydın, Zeynep Gökçe Gayretli
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical, radiological, microbiological characteristics, side effects of anti-TB drugs and treatment outcome of childhood definite or probable TB. The medical records of all childhood TB patients were investigated in the department of pediatric infectious disease of a tertiary care hospital between January 2005 and December 2012. Patients who followed-up until the anti-TB treatment was completed were included in the study. One hundred forty four pediatric cases with active TB were included in the study (27 definite, 117 probable). Twentyfour (16.7%) patients were asymptomatic at admission. Pulmonary TB was the most common type. The most common localizations for extrapulmonary TB were superficial lymphadenitis. An index case was detected in 39.6% of the patients. In conclusion, the absence of constitutional symptoms does not exclude TB. Household contact screening plays an important role in the diagnosis of childhood TB especially in asymptomatic patients.
- Subjects
TURKEY; TERTIARY care; MICROBIAL diversity; TUBERCULOSIS treatment; DRUG side effects
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2015, Vol 57, Issue 5, p431
- ISSN
0041-4301
- Publication type
Article