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## Background: In colombia, epidemiological and clinical information related to pediatric tuberculosis (tb) is scarce. data are needed to define the impact of the disease and to strengthen measures for detection and treatment. it is proposed to analyze the pediatric population diagnosed with pulmonary tb in a national reference institution. ## Methods: Retrospective observational study including pediatric patients with pulmonary and miliary tb, and pulmonary and extrapulmonary involvement, treated between january 1, 2008 and december 31, 2016. a descriptive analysis of the selected variables was done. ## Results: A total of 93 cases of diagnosed tb were identified, of which 61 cases were classified as pulmonary (65.6%). the location of tb occurred only in lungs in 51 patients (83.6%), was miliar in 3 (4.9%), pulmonary and extrapulmonary involvement in 7 patients (11.5%). the mean age was 7.5 years (0.5-18 years). clinical criteria used for diagnosis was related to 98.3% of the cases, whereas radiological criteria in 90.2%. bacteriological criterion was met in 42.6% of the cases. the most frequent symptoms were coughing (83.6%), fever (63.9%), and weight loss (26.2%); human immunode

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Author

LuisaFernanda Imbachí Yunda; EileenViviana Fonseca Sepúlveda; KellyChristina Márquez Herrera; GermánCamacho Moreno

Publisher

Medknow

Published

2017

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)