Tuberculosis among children and adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Focus on extrapulmonary disease

Tuberculosis among children and adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Focus on extrapulmonary disease

Objective: To compare the socio-demographic, clinical, and diagnostic characteristics and treatment outcomes between extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) and pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in children and adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, a high TB-burdened Brazilian city. Methods: This retrospective study...

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Main Authors: Márcia Cortez Bellotti de Oliveira, Clemax Couto Sant’Anna, Ronir Luiz Raggio, Afrânio Lineu Kritski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Treatment outcomes
Adolescents
Children
Pediatric tuberculosis
Tuberculosis diagnosis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221001090

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