Adult-type pulmonary tuberculosis in children 10-14 years of age

Date
2005
Authors
Marais B.J.
Gie R.P.
Hesseling A.H.
Beyers N.
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Abstract
We report 8 children (10-14 years of age) who were diagnosed with tuberculosis at their local primary health care clinic from July to September 2004, after routine sputum testing was extended to all children older than 10 years of age with suspected tuberculosis. This case series emphasizes that older children develop adult-type cavitating disease, which can be diagnosed by sputum smear microscopy, in contrast to younger children for whom smear microscopy has very little diagnostic value. © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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adolescent, adolescent disease, article, childhood disease, clinical article, controlled study, diagnostic value, female, high risk population, human, lung tuberculosis, male, microscopic anatomy, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, primary health care, priority journal, school child, sputum examination, Adolescent, Child, Female, Humans, Male, South Africa, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
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