Tuberculosis en menores de 15 años en la población Warao de Venezuela / Tuberculosis in subjects under 15 years of age in the population of Warao in Venezuela
Invest. clín
; Invest. clín;43(1): 35-48, mar. 2002.
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ABSTRACT
It is difficult to establish a definitive diagnosis of tuberculosis in rural areas where there is no access to a large hospital. The Warao people of the Delta Amacuro State in Venezuela, have a very high prevalence of adult TB, and we suspected that the Warao children would also have a high prevalence of the disease, almost entirely undiagnosed. We applied a simple methodology to select children suspicious for tuberculosis that is based on a rating system using clinical criteria, reactivity to tuberculin and intradomicilliary contacts. Of the 502 children under the age of 15 that were evaluated with this rating system, 27 were determined to be suspicious of TB and were further evaluated by a chest X-ray. Radiologic confirmation of TB was found in 16 (60) of the 27 suspicious children. Of these 16 patients, 13 (81) were PPD positive and 3 were PPD negative. Additionally, 7 of the 16 children with pathologic x-ray changes had one or more confirmatory findings:
3 were positive by culture or smear examination and 5 had a positive serologic B diagnostic test. In conclusion this methodology proved to be highly efficient in diagnosing childhood tuberculosis in this population, and should also be useful in other rural populations with a high prevalence of adult TB.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Pulmonar
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Venezuela
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Invest. clín
Assunto da revista:
Biologia
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MEDICINA
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Relatos de Casos
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Venezuela
País de publicação:
Venezuela