Pediatric tuberculosis in immigrants to the United Kingdom from the Indian sub-continent.
Indian J Pediatr
;
1990 Sep-Oct; 57(5): 645-50
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-83773
ABSTRACT
Tuberculosis (TB) is now an uncommon disease in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and its overall incidence is declining. However, the incidence of TB in immigrants from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (the Indian sub-continent, ISC) is much higher than in the native white population or immigrant groups from other areas, and this is so even for children of ISC ethnic origin born in the U.K. The clinical pattern of the disease also differs, extrapulmonary involvement being commoner in ISC patients than white patients. The epidemiology and management of TB in pediatric patients of ISC origin is reviewed and reasons for differences from other ethnic groups in the U.K. are discussed.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Pakistan
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Tuberculosis
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Bangladesh
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Humans
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Adolescent
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Emigration and Immigration
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United Kingdom
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India
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
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Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pediatr
Year:
1990
Type:
Article
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