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High incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in children admitted with severe pneumonia in Uganda
A high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in children presenting with severe pneumonia has previously been reported in South Africa. However, little is known about TB among children with pneumonia in Uganda and other resource limited countries.
Moreover, TB is associated with high morbidity and mortality among such children. We conducted this study to establish the burden of pulmonary TB in children admitted with severe pneumonia in our setting...
...Conclusions: We found a high burden of pulmonary TB in children admitted with severe pneumonia. These data highlight the need for TB screening in children admitted with severe pneumonia so as to improve TB case finding and child survival.
Author: Josephine M NantongoEric WobudeyaEzekiel MupereMoses JolobaWilly SsengoobaHarriet N KisemboIrene R LubegaPhilippa M Musoke
Credits/Source: BMC Pediatrics 2013, 13:16
Published on: 2013-01-31
High incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in children admitted with severe pneumonia in Uganda
A high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in children presenting with severe pneumonia has previously been reported in South Africa. However, little is known about TB among children with pneumonia in Uganda and other resource limited countries.
Moreover, TB is associated with high morbidity and mortality among such children. We conducted this study to establish the burden of pulmonary TB in children admitted with severe pneumonia in our setting...
...Conclusions: We found a high burden of pulmonary TB in children admitted with severe pneumonia. These data highlight the need for TB screening in children admitted with severe pneumonia so as to improve TB case finding and child survival.
Author: Josephine M NantongoEric WobudeyaEzekiel MupereMoses JolobaWilly SsengoobaHarriet N KisemboIrene R LubegaPhilippa M Musoke
Credits/Source: BMC Pediatrics 2013, 13:16
Published on: 2013-01-31