Mortality in children diagnosed with tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Case fatality ratios in children with tuberculosis are poorly understood-particularly those among children with HIV and children not receiving tuberculosis treatment. We did a systematic review of published work to identify studies of population-representative samples of paediatric (ie, <15 years) tuberculosis cases.

Methods

We searched PubMed and Embase for reports published in English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish before Aug 12, 2016, that included terms related to tuberculosis, children, mortality, and population representativeness. We also reviewed our own files and reference lists of articles identified by this search. We screened titles and abstracts for inclusion, excluding studies in which outcomes were unknown for 10% or more of the children and publica

SUBMITTER: Jenkins HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5330933 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature