Abstract |
We reviewed the clinical and radiological characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents at the Hospital Especializado Octávio Mangabeira, ( HEOM) in Salvador, Bahia. This study included 275 TB patients aged 1 to 15 years seen between January 1990 and November 2001. Standardized forms were filled out on the basis of a review of patient records and x-rays. Through a retrospective and descriptive analysis, it was found that 51.6% were male, 35.3% were aged 1 to 5 years, 28% were aged 6 to 10 and 36.7% were aged 11 to 15. Among all patients, 79.6% lived in the city of Salvador. A history of contact with TB was found in 63.9%, most frequently among children under 5 years old; 77.2% were vaccinated with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG). The most frequently observed symptoms were coughing (76%), fever (73.1%) weight loss (53.1%), and 4.7% were asymptomatic. Pulmonary TB was most frequent (57.8%) and extra-pulmonary TB occurred in 24.4%, with a predominance of hilar adenopathy. Both forms occurred simultaneously in 17.8%. In 53.1% of the cases the diagnosis was not determined by bacteriology or pathological anatomy; in these cases diagnosis was reached through clinical and radiological criteria, contact history, a tuberculin test > or = 10mm and a positive response to tuberculostatic drugs.
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Authors | Rosana Franco, Maria Angélica Santana, Eliana Matos, Virgínia Sousa, Antônio Carlos M Lemos |
Journal | The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
(Braz J Infect Dis)
Vol. 7
Issue 1
Pg. 73-81
(Feb 2003)
ISSN: 1413-8670 [Print] Brazil |
PMID | 12807694
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- BCG Vaccine
- Brazil
(epidemiology)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Radiography
- Retrospective Studies
- Tuberculin Test
- Tuberculosis
(diagnostic imaging, epidemiology, pathology)
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
(diagnostic imaging, epidemiology, pathology)
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