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

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dc.contributor.authorMarais B.J.
dc.contributor.authorGie R.P.
dc.contributor.authorHesseling A.H.
dc.contributor.authorBeyers N.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:00:07Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:00:07Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractWe 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.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationPediatric Infectious Disease Journal
dc.identifier.citation24
dc.identifier.citation8
dc.identifier.issn8913668
dc.identifier.other10.1097/01.inf.0000173305.04212.09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/11536
dc.subjectadolescent
dc.subjectadolescent disease
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectchildhood disease
dc.subjectclinical article
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjectdiagnostic value
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthigh risk population
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectlung tuberculosis
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmicroscopic anatomy
dc.subjectMycobacterium tuberculosis
dc.subjectprimary health care
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectschool child
dc.subjectsputum examination
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectTuberculosis, Pulmonary
dc.titleAdult-type pulmonary tuberculosis in children 10-14 years of age
dc.typeArticle
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