Epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis in a hospital setting.
Two hundred paediatric cases of tuberculosis were studied over two years. The children usually presented with fever, cough, weight loss or failure to thrive and pallor. The diagnosis was based on history, clinical examination, chest and other relevant radiographs, Mantoux test, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and where necessary cerebrospinal, pleural and ascitic fluid examinations and lymph gland histopathology were done. The most commonly affected age group was between 2-5 years and pulmonary tuberculosis was the most frequent diagnosis followed by tuberculous adentitis.
Children's Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*