Open AccessAge-specific Clinical Presentation and Risk Factors for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Disease in Children
Author(s) -
Melanie Dubois,
Meredith B Brooks,
Amyn A. Malik,
Sara Siddiqui,
Junaid Ahmed,
Maria Jaswal,
Farhana Amanullah,
Mercedes C. Becerra,
Hamidah Hussain
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000003584
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , disease , tuberculosis , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , medicine , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , surgery
Clinical presentation for extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in children can be variable and nonspecific, leading to delayed diagnosis, disease and death. We describe the age-specific clinical presentation and identify risk factors for EPTB among children in Pakistan.