Radiologic findings of pulmonary tuberculosis in adolescents
Braz. j. infect. dis
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15(1): 40-44, Jan.-Feb. 2011. tab
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To describe radiologic findings of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in adolescents.METHODS:
Retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study of 850 patients with TB, aged 10 to 19 years, and notified to the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Data were collected from the TB notification and medical records in the cities of Manaus, Amazonas State, and Salvador, Bahia State, in the 19962003 period. Data are shown in tables and analyzed using the chi-square and Mann-Whitney tests, with a 5 percent significance level.RESULTS:
Mean age was 15.6 years; 443 (52.1 percent) patients were males. The most common radiologic lesion was the upper pulmonary lobe infiltrate (53.3 percent), and isolated cavitation was found in 32.4 percent of the patients. Both lungs were affected in 29.2 percent of the patients. The finding of bilateral radiologic lesions was significantly associated with longer disease duration (p = 0.0005).CONCLUSIONS:
Pulmonary TB in adolescents has similar characteristics to TB in adults, evidencing the important role played by adolescents in community disease transmission.
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Índice:
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Asunto principal:
Tuberculosis Pulmonar
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio de incidencia
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Adolescente
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Niño
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Asunto de la revista:
Enfermedades Transmisibles
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
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