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- Title
Distinguishing Features of Adolescents With Undiagnosed Infectious Tuberculosis Attending a Pediatric Emergency Department.
- Authors
Dubisi, Fatimah Al; Harvey, Gregory; Ostrow, Olivia; Lam, Ray; Science, Michelle; Kitai, Ian
- Abstract
More than 10 days of fever or 13 days of cough differentiated adolescent patients presenting to a pediatric emergency department with infectious tuberculosis (TB) from most patients with pneumonia. Upper lobe involvement was significantly more common in patients with TB. Symptom- and radiograph-based algorithms could minimize TB exposure and aid diagnosis.
- Subjects
PEDIATRIC emergency services; TUBERCULOSIS; COUGH; TEENAGERS; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 9, p1
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofab435