Assessing tuberculosis clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment outcomes among children under 5 years old: results from a cohort of children with presumptive TB in Cameroon and Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The majority of paediatric tuberculosis (TB) cases remain undiagnosed or unreported, with only 55% of the estimated 1.25 million paediatric TB cases reported in 2023. We leveraged the INPUT study to characterise the clinical presentations and factors associated with TB diagnosis and treatment success in children under 5 years in Cameroon and Kenya.

Method

We conducted a prospective cohort analysis nested in the INPUT study, implemented from May 2019 to June 2021 to assess the integration of paediatric TB services into child healthcare services. All children presenting in participating health facilities, presumed with TB and eligible to the INPUT study, were enrolled and followed up from diagnosis to treatment initiation and completion. We used multivariable logi

SUBMITTER: Tchounga B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12308155 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature