Analysis of clinical character and infection of 24 children with Takayasu′s arteritis / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志

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Objective@#To analyze the clinical characteristics and infection of children with Takayasu′s arteritis(TA) for improving the awareness of the disease.@*Methods@#A retrospective study was performed on the 24 children with TA in our hospital.@*Results@#The average onset age was 9.3±3.2 years old, the ratio of male to female was 1∶3. The most common TA type was thoracic abdominal aortic type (54.2%) in clinical classification. The initial symptoms included high blood pressure, dizziness/headache, fever and fatigue, etc.Six cases (25%) had tuberculosis infection, including 1 case of tuberculosis. There are 3 patients (8.3%) with elevated O levels, 2 patients (8.3%) with EB virus infection and 1 patient (4.2%) with small viral B19 infection.@*Conclusions@#The onset of TA in children is complicated. It is important to take examinations carefully for early diagnosis, avoiding delay treatment and bad prognosis.