Tuberculosis revisted: classic imaging findings in childhood

N Mahomed, T Kilborn, EJ Smit, WCW Chu… - Pediatric …, 2023 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the major public health threats worldwide, despite
improved diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Tuberculosis is one of the main causes of …

The simple one-step (SOS) stool processing method for use with the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for a child-friendly diagnosis of tuberculosis closer to the point of care

P de Haas, B Yenew, E Mengesha… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Young children cannot easily produce sputum for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).
Alternatively, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacilli can be detected in stool by using …

Age-specific clinical presentation and risk factors for extrapulmonary tuberculosis disease in children

MM Dubois, MB Brooks, AA Malik… - The Pediatric …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Clinical presentation for extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in children can be
variable and nonspecific, leading to delayed diagnosis, disease and death. We describe the …

Management and monitoring of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in the Asia‐Pacific region: A position paper by the Asian Pan‐Pacific Society for Pediatric …

WS Lee, K Arai, G Alex… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Disease phenotype of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) in children from the Asia‐
Pacific region differs from that of children from the West. Many parts of Asia are endemic for …

Aetiology and diagnostic utility of serum ascites albumin gradient in children with ascites

SS Vadlapudi, A Srivastava, N Saini, MS Sarma… - Digestive and Liver …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Ascites in children is multifactorial and serum ascites albumin gradient
(SAAG)≥ 1.1 helps differentiate portal hypertension (PHTN) related from non-PHTN ascites …

[HTML][HTML] Challenging diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis in children: case report

A Lukosiute-Urboniene, I Dekeryte… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the modern world.
Abdominal TB is a rare form of extrapulmonary TB that has been found to affect children …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcomes in children from a prospective cohort study in Pakistan

MB Brooks, A Malik, S Khan, JF Ahmed… - Journal of global …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Every year, about 239 000 children die from tuberculosis (TB), despite
availability of highly effective regimens. Few studies have evaluated predictors for poor …

Pediatric abdominal tuberculosis in singapore: a 10-year retrospective series

SA Wong, D Lee Meijuan, SW Loh… - Global Pediatric …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity globally.
Pediatric patients are more likely to develop severe disease. Abdominal TB is a rare …

Patterns and Outcomes in Pediatric Abdominal Tuberculosis: A Single Centre Cohort Study

S John, D Ghosh, V Michael, D Kruger, R Jain… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Abdominal tuberculosis presents in a variety of ways. Different testing
modalities must be applied in addition to having a high clinical suspicion to diagnose and …

Radiomics-based quantitative contrast-enhanced CT analysis of abdominal lymphadenopathy to differentiate tuberculosis from lymphoma

MT Shen, X Liu, Y Gao, R Shi, L Jiang… - Precision Clinical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries,
with a global burden of∼ 10.0 million cases in 2019. China accounts for 8.4% of TB cases …