Childhood tuberculosis treatment remains imprecise science
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CHILDHOOD RESPIRATORY TUBERCULOSIS IN IRAN
To estimate the bacterio-epidemiological situation of childhood respiratory tuberculosis in Iran, 2185 symptomatic patients of 0-14 years old were studied. Among 110 bacteriologically confirmed cases, 60% were less than five years old and the number of females was slightly more than males. In 21 % of patients, the Mantoux test was negative. None of the miliary cases had a history of BCG va...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1078-8956,1546-170X
DOI: 10.1038/nm1011-1160a