They are also not contagious, and cannot spread the infection to others. Tuberculosis tbc enfermedades infecciosas manual msd. Tuberculosis diseminada o linfohematogena es mas frecuente en lactantes y ninos pequenos y tiene una elevada morbimortalidad. Tuberculosis diagnostico y tratamiento mayo clinic. A positive result indicates that a person has been infected with the tuberculosis bacteria at some point in his or her life. Tuberculosis extrapulmonar tbc enfermedades infecciosas. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that in chile is far from eradicated. Preventive treatment for contacts of patients with multidrugresistant tuberculosis. Nesta revisao, discutimos a epidemiologia, as manifestacoes clinicas e a prevencao da tuberculose na infancia e adolescencia. Tb disease is suspected clinically when a person presents with the symptoms mentioned above usually together with abnormal findings on a chest xray. Active tuberculosis was defined by the identification of mycobacterium tuberculosis in culture, microscopy, or histopathological examination.
Aspectos epidemiologicos, manifestacoes clinicas e prevencao. Pediatric tuberculosis has been a neglected epidemic, due to the difficulties in assessing its global impact, reduced incidence and lower infectivity compared to adults. Actualizacion en pediatria actualizacion en tuberculosis. Treatment options for latent tuberculosis infection 23 6. Publicationsecdctuberculosissurveillancemonitoringeurope2016. Santa clara county public health department 976 lenzen avenue san jose california 95126 408 8854214. Children with positive clinical history and radiological tests who had been exposed to sick adults or with positive tuberculin skin test were also considered as having active tuberculosis.
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