Bonnet MMB, Vasiliu A, Tchounga BK, Cuer B, Fielding K, et al.
2023-10-30 • Lancet Global Health
2023-10-30 • Lancet Global Health
BACKGROUND Globally, the uptake of tuberculosis-preventive treatment (TPT) among children with household tuberculosis contact remains low, partly due to the necessity of bringing chi...
Chiang SS, Graham SM, Schaaf HS, Marais BJ, Sant’Anna CC, et al.
2023-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2023-08-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND These clinical standards aim to provide guidance for diagnosis, treatment, and management of drug-susceptible TB in children and adolescents.
Gunasekera KS, Marcy O, Muñoz J, Lopez-Varela E, Sekadde MP, et al.
2023-03-13 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
2023-03-13 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
BACKGROUND Many children with pulmonary tuberculosis remain undiagnosed and untreated with related high morbidity and mortality. Recent advances in childhood tuberculosis algorithm d...
Marcy O, Wobudeya E, Font H, Vessière A, Chabala C, et al.
2023-03-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2023-03-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis diagnosis might be delayed or missed in children with severe pneumonia because this diagnosis is usually only considered in cases of prolonged symptoms or ant...
2016-11-17 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2016-11-17 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
It is estimated that 33,000 children develop multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) each year. In spite of these numbers, children and adolescents have limited access to the new and r...
Migliori GB, Wu SJ, Matteelli A, Zenner D, Goletti D, et al.
2022-03-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2022-03-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy (TPT) decreases the risk of developing TB disease and its associated morbidity and mortality. The aim of these clinical standards is t...
Graham SM, Ahmed T, Amanullah F, Browning R, Cardenas V, et al.
2012-05-15 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2012-05-15 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
There is a critical need for improved diagnosis of tuberculosis in children, particularly in young children with intrathoracic disease as this represents the most common type of tubercul...
Zachariah R, Spielmann M P, Harries AD, Gomani P, Graham SM, et al.
2003-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2003-11-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING: Thyolo district, rural Malawi. OBJECTIVES: To compare passive with active case finding among household contacts of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients for 1) TB ...
Zachariah R, Harries AD, Luo C, Bachman G, Graham SM
2007-10-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2007-10-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Co-trimoxazole (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) is a widely available antibiotic that substantially reduces HIV-related morbidity and mortality in both adults and children. Prophylaxis wi...
