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Tuberculosis in children
Author(s) -
Marais Ben J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.20787
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , intensive care medicine , epidemiology , disease , global health , pediatrics , public health , pathology
Tuberculosis (TB) control poses one of the major global health challenges in the new millennium. Children in TB‐endemic areas suffer severe TB related morbidity and mortality, despite the availability of cheap and effective TB treatment. However, providing an accurate TB diagnosis together with access to supervised, child friendly treatment remains difficult in resource‐limited settings. This review provides a broad overview of recent advances related to child TB, focusing on intra‐thoracic disease manifestations. It summarizes current understanding of TB epidemiology, disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment, but also introduces novel concepts for further discussion and future evaluation. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2008; 43:322–329. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.