Tuberculosis contact-tracing results in childhood: a retrospective study in a tertiary-care children's hospital in Turkey

CONCLUSION: Pulmonary tuberculosis is asymptomatic in most children but with meticulous use of computed tomography it can be detected in asymptomatic children who have had close contact with tuberculosis.Abbreviation: AFB: acid-fast bacilli; AUC: area under the curve; BCG: bacillus Calmette-Guérin; CI: confidence interval; CT: computed tomography; CXR: chest radiograph; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases 10; LTBI: latent tuberculosis infection; MDR-TB: multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis; NPV: negative predictive value; PCR: polymerase chain reaction; PPV: positive predictive value; ROC: receiver operating characteristics; SD: standard deviation; TB: tuberculosis; TST: tuberculin skin test; XDR-TB: extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.PMID:37671805 | DOI:10.1080/20469047.2023.2252167

Source: Paediatrics and international child health - September 6, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Sevgi Ya şar Durmuş G önül Tanır T ürkan Aydın Teke Ay şe Kaman Rumeysa Yal çınkaya Çiğdem Üner Fatma Nur Öz Source Type: research