Maternal chest radiography as supporting evidence for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in childhood

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dc.contributor.authorSchaaf H.S.
dc.contributor.authorDonald P.R.
dc.contributor.authorScott F.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:02:04Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:02:04Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.description.abstractRoutine chest radiography of the mothers of 163 children investigated for possible tuberculosis accompanied by sputum culture from those mothers with suspicious chest radiographs identified active pulmonary tuberculosis in 12 (10 per cent) of the mothers of the 117 children with probable (49 cases) and confirmed (68 cases) tuberculosis. All but one of the cases of active maternal tuberculosis were identified in the mothers of children < 1 1/2 years of age. Chest radiography of the mothers of children < 1 1/2 years of age will aid the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the child and expedite the reduction of the infectious pool of active pulmonary tuberculosis cases in adults in the community.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Tropical Pediatrics
dc.identifier.citation37
dc.identifier.citation5
dc.identifier.issn1426338
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/12297
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectchildhood disease
dc.subjectdeveloping country
dc.subjectdiagnosis
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectinfant
dc.subjectlung tuberculosis
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectmorbidity
dc.subjectmother
dc.subjectpreschool child
dc.subjectsputum culture
dc.subjectstomach suction
dc.subjectthorax radiography
dc.subjecttuberculin test
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectChild, Preschool
dc.subjectFamily Health
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectInfant
dc.subjectInfant, Newborn
dc.subjectMothers
dc.subjectTuberculosis, Pulmonary
dc.titleMaternal chest radiography as supporting evidence for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in childhood
dc.typeArticle
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