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Rev. chil. infectol ; Rev. chil. infectol;19(4): 237-244, 2002. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-627180

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A clinical experience of tuberculosis (TB) in 104 pediatric patients observed at the Hospital Regional de Valdivia (southern Chile), along a sixteen year period (1986 - 2001) is presented. Pulmonary TB was diagnosed in 88 cases, extrapulmonary TB in 19 cases and both localizations in three cases. Pulmonary TB was bacteriologically confirmed in 62.5% of cases, through either gastric aspirate or sputum samples. Gastric aspirate yielded 42.8% of positive cultures; two infants who presented central nervous system involvement, died. A case of congenital TB was observed in a 30 day old infant. There were no cases of AIDS in this experience. Pediatric TB has progressively decreased its incidence in our region, particularly the extrapulmonary localization, but still represents a challenging disease to clinicians.


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Humans , Male , Female , Infant, Newborn , Infant , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Tuberculosis/epidemiology , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/epidemiology , Chile/epidemiology , Age Distribution , Tuberculosis, Extrapulmonary/epidemiology
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