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Clinical and epidemiological features of tuberculosis in children and adolescents.

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OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical and epidemiological features of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in an infectious diseases reference hospital. METHOD A documental and retrospective study was carried out with… Click to show full abstract

OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical and epidemiological features of tuberculosis in children and adolescents in an infectious diseases reference hospital. METHOD A documental and retrospective study was carried out with 88 medical files in an infectious diseases reference hospital in the state of CearĂ¡. Data were analyzed by univariate, bivariate and multivariate approaches. RESULTS It was found that, depending on the tuberculosis type, its manifestations may vary. The logistic regression model considered only pulmonary tuberculosis due to a number of observations and included female sex (95% CI: 1.4-16.3), weight loss (95% CI: 1.8-26.3), bacilloscopic screening (95% CI: 1.5-16.6) and sputum collected (95% CI: 1.4-19.4) as possible predictors. CONCLUSIONS Children and adolescents present different manifestations of the disease depending on the tuberculosis type that affects them. Knowing the most common features of each condition could enhance early diagnosis and, consequently, result in adequate treatment and care.

Keywords: features tuberculosis; clinical epidemiological; children adolescents; epidemiological features; tuberculosis children

Journal Title: Revista brasileira de enfermagem
Year Published: 2019

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