Chest ultrasound compared to chest X-ray for pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chest ultrasound is increasingly used to radiologically diagnose childhood pneumonia, but there are limited data on its use for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB).

Aim

Compare chest ultrasound with a chest X-ray (CXR) findings.

Methods

Children (up to 13 years) with suspected PTB were enrolled. Bedside chest ultrasound findings were compared to CXR. The analysis was stratified by PTB category: confirmed PTB (microbiologically confirmed), unconfirmed PTB (clinical diagnosis with negative microbiological tests), or unlikely PTB (other respiratory diseases with improvement without tuberculosis treatment).

Results

One hundred fifty-nine children were enrolled (57% boys, median age 26.6 months [interquartile range 15.1-59.3]). Ultrasound detected abnormalitie

SUBMITTER: Heuvelings CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6899616 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature