Pediatric tuberculosis: the litmus test for tuberculosis control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The epidemiology of pediatric tuberculosis (TB) from 1995 to 2000 in Harris County, TX, has been previously reported. This study was conducted to evaluate the continued trends of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clustering and the role of genotyping in pediatric TB.

Methods

Data came from the Houston Tuberculosis Initiative, a prospective population-based active surveillance and molecular epidemiology project. The study population consisted of TB patients ≤18 years of age diagnosed in Harris County, TX, from 2000 to 2004. Available Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were characterized by insertion sequence 6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism and spoligotyping.

Results

One hundred three pediatric TB cases were enrolled in the Houston Tuberculosis Initia

SUBMITTER: Marquez L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3473168 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature