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
Artículo
en Español
| 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.
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Índice:
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Asunto principal:
Tuberculosis
Límite:
Adolescente
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Niño
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Child, preschool
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Femenino
/
Humanos
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Lactante
/
Masculino
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Recién Nacido
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
/
Chile
Idioma:
Español
Revista:
Rev. chil. infectol
Asunto de la revista:
Enfermedades Transmisibles
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Chile
Institución/País de afiliación:
Hospital Clínico Regional de Valdivia/CL
/
Universidad Austral de Chile/CL
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