A Refined Symptom-Based Approach to Diagnose Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children

2006305 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Ben J. Marais · Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation

Robert P. Gie · Stellenbosch University

Anneke C. Hesseling · Stellenbosch University

H. Simon Schaaf · Stellenbosch University

Carl Lombard · South African Medical Research Council

Donald A. Enarson · International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Nulda Beyers

Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis can be diagnosed with a reasonable degree of accuracy in HIV-uninfected children using a simple symptom-based approach. This offers the exciting prospect of improving treatment access for children, particularly in resource-limited settings where current access to antituberculosis treatment is poor.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 118, Issue 5, pp. e1350-e1359

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0519

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