Tuberculosis in children with severe acute malnutrition

BJ Vonasek, KK Radtke, P Vaz, WC Buck… - Expert review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction With growing attention globally to the childhood tuberculosis epidemic after
decades of neglect, and with the burden of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remaining …

Clinical case definitions for classification of intrathoracic tuberculosis in children: an update

SM Graham, LE Cuevas, P Jean-Philippe… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Consensus case definitions for childhood tuberculosis have been proposed by an
international expert panel, aiming to standardize the reporting of cases in research focusing …

Survival of HIV-1 vertically infected children

MA Davies, D Gibb, A Turkova - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Pediatric survival has improved substantially with cART and HIV-infected children are aging
into adulthood. It is important to ensure access to diagnosis and early cART, good program …

Incidence and predictors of mortality among children co-infected with tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus at public hospitals in Southern Ethiopia

Z Dawit, S Abebe, S Dessu, M Mesele, S Sahile… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis and human immune deficiency virus co-infections remained the
most common cause of child mortality for the last ten years. Globally, 1.2 million cases of …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberculosis among children and adolescents at HIV treatment centers in sub-Saharan Africa

AM Mandalakas, AW Kay, JM Bacha… - Emerging infectious …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
HIV-infected children and adolescents are at increased risk for tuberculosis (TB).
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces TB risk in HIV-infected adults, but its effectiveness in …

Mortality and cause of death in children with presumptive disseminated tuberculosis

M Bonnet, AC Nordholm, B Ssekyanzi… - …, 2023 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Children experience high tuberculosis (TB)-related
mortality but causes of death among those with presumptive TB are poorly documented. We …

Predicting mortality within 1 year of ART initiation in children and adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective observational cohort study

A Kay, B Lukhele, S Dlamini, A Seeger… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Differentiated service delivery (DSD) for children and adolescents living with
HIV can improve targeted resource use. We derived a mortality prediction score to guide …

Risk factors for the development of tuberculosis among HIV-positive adults under highly active antiretroviral therapy at Government hospitals in amhara region …

AS Tegegne, MT Minwagaw - International Journal of General …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Tuberculosis is one of the leading infectious diseases for people living with HIV.
Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting the development of …

Effects of Undernutrition and Predictors on the Survival Status of HIV‐Positive Children after Started Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Northwest Ethiopia

M Molla, F Kebede, T Kebede… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Malnutrition and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome have
complex and multidirectional relationships. Ethiopia is one of the countries hardest hit by the …

Survival and predictors of mortality among children co-infected with tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus at University of Gondar Comprehensive …

KA Atalell, N Birhan Tebeje, DT Ekubagewargies - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death in Human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) infected children globally. The aims of this study were to determine the mortality …