Tuberculosis in children: Difference between revisions
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==Tuberculosis in Children== | ==Tuberculosis in Children== | ||
===Symptom based Screening Approach === | ===Symptom-based Screening Approach === | ||
<small><small>Algorithm adapted from Guidance for National Tuberculosis Programmes on the Management of Tuberculosis in Children<ref name="WHO TB Children"> {{cite web |url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/112360/1/9789241548748_eng.pdf| title=WHO Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children, 2014}} </ref></small></small> | <small><small>Algorithm adapted from Guidance for National Tuberculosis Programmes on the Management of Tuberculosis in Children<ref name="WHO TB Children"> {{cite web |url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/112360/1/9789241548748_eng.pdf| title=WHO Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children, 2014}} </ref></small></small> | ||
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===Screening in Children with HIV=== | ===Screening in Children with HIV=== | ||
<small><small>Algorithm adapted from Guidance for National Tuberculosis Programmes on the Management of Tuberculosis in Children<ref name="WHO TB Children"> {{cite web |url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/112360/1/9789241548748_eng.pdf| title=WHO Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children, 2014}} </ref></small></small> | |||
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===Diagnostic Algorithm=== | ===Diagnostic Algorithm=== |
Revision as of 15:31, 23 September 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]
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Overview
Tuberculosis in Children
Symptom-based Screening Approach
Algorithm adapted from Guidance for National Tuberculosis Programmes on the Management of Tuberculosis in Children[1]
Child in close contact with confirmed tuberculosis case | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
< 5 yrs old | > 5 yrs old | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asymptomatic | Symptomatic | Symptomatic | Asymptomatic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
INH 10 mg/kg/d x 6 months | Confirm the diagnosis of TB with:
| No preventive treatment is recommended. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Screening in Children with HIV
Algorithm adapted from Guidance for National Tuberculosis Programmes on the Management of Tuberculosis in Children[1]
Child with HIV and older than 1 year | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Does the patient has any of the following symptoms? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yes | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diagnostic Algorithm
Treatment Regimens
Tuberculosis in Children ▸ Drug Susceptible TB Regimen ▸ MDR-TB ▸ XDR-TB |
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