Distinguishing Features of Adolescents With Undiagnosed Infectious Tuberculosis Attending a Pediatric Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT: More than 10 days of fever or 13 days of cough differentiated adolescent patients presenting to a pediatric emergency department with infectious tuberculosis (TB) from most patients with pneumonia. Upper lobe involvement was significantly more common in patients with TB. Symptom- and radiograph-based algorithms could minimize TB exposure and aid diagnosis.

SUBMITTER: Al Dubisi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8527574 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature