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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...
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