title: [Pulmonary tuberculosis in infants: apropos of 149 cases].
abstract: One hundred and forty-nine cases of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis were analysed being a 77.6% of the 192 cases of tuberculosis diagnosed at the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department of "La Paz" Hospital, in a ten year period. The children were aged 3 months to 14 years; 65% of them were less than 6 years of age. The source case was found in 67.1% of the children. The primary means of diagnosis was contact screening (38.1%), followed by a 27.5% that presented with non-specific symptoms, while 18.1% of the cases presented with respiratory symptoms. Gastric aspirates yield the organism in 25.8% of cases. Radiologically the following was found: 38.9% mixed patterns, 32.2% nodal patterns, 23.4% parenchymal patterns, 1.34 miliary tuberculosis, 1.34% caverns and 2.68% pleural effusions. Right lung location was more frequent in parenchymatous forms (68%), as well as in nodal forms (61.5%). The duration of the course of therapy changed along this ten years period: from twelve months initially to ten months posteriorly, subsequently becoming a six month course of treatment. All cases experienced full recovery.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Infecciosos, Hospital Infantil La Paz, Madrid.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Vidal López
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: del Cerro Marín
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: García de Miguel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Borque Andrés
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: del Castillo Martín
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de José Gómez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Hortelano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008400:Mass Chest X-Ray; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine
vernacular_title: Tuberculosis pulmonar en la infancia: a propósito de 149 casos.