Tuberculosis infantil en Valdivia: Experiencia clínica en 16 años / Tuberculosis in infancy: sixteen year experience
Rev. chil. infectol
;
19(4): 237-244, 2002. ilus, tab
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: lil-627180
ABSTRACT
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.
Full text:
Available
Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
Limits:
Adolescent
/
Child
/
Child, preschool
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Infant
/
Male
/
Infant, Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
South America
/
Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. chil. infectol
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Clínico Regional de Valdivia/CL
/
Universidad Austral de Chile/CL
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS