Distinguishing Features of Adolescents With Undiagnosed Infectious Tuberculosis Attending a Pediatric Emergency Department | Zendy

Fatimah Al Dubisi | Zendy; Gregory Harvey | Zendy; Olivia Ostrow | Zendy; Ray Lam | Zendy; Michelle Science | Zendy; Ian Kitai | Zendy

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Distinguishing Features of Adolescents With Undiagnosed Infectious Tuberculosis Attending a Pediatric Emergency Department

Author(s) -

Fatimah Al Dubisi,

Gregory Harvey,

Olivia Ostrow,

Ray Lam,

Michelle Science,

Ian Kitai

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofab435

Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , chest radiograph , pediatric infectious disease , tuberculosis , pediatrics , pneumonia , emergency medicine , radiography , surgery , pathology , psychiatry

More than 10 days of fever or 13 days of cough differentiated adolescent patients presenting to a pediatric emergency department with infectious tuberculosis (TB) from most patients with pneumonia. Upper lobe involvement was significantly more common in patients with TB. Symptom- and radiograph-based algorithms could minimize TB exposure and aid diagnosis.

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