Tuberculous Manifestations in Children

Raghu, M.J.; Patel, Y.S.; Chintu, C.; Chawla, V.

Tuberculous Manifestations in Children

dc.contributor.author	Raghu, M.J.
dc.contributor.author	Patel, Y.S.
dc.contributor.author	Chintu, C.
dc.contributor.author	Chawla, V.
dc.date.accessioned	2018-08-17T14:45:23Z
dc.date.available	2018-08-17T14:45:23Z
dc.date.issued	1980-06
dc.description	Tuberculosis a chronic bacterial disease that still ranks high as a public health problem.	en
dc.description.abstract	Tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial disease that still ranks high as a public health problem. It occupied the 13th position among the 21 communicable diseases considered as priority problems in Africa, (Buna - 1977). Manifestations of primary tuberculosis occur mainly in children. There is a great paucity of data as to its various modes of presentation in children in this country. This paper records the pattern of tuberculosis observed in children, in the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka, and the same is compared with other countries. An analysis of 110 cases of primary tuberculosis in Zambian children revealed that 47% of them had protein energy malnutrition. Of an pulmonary manifestations, simple primary tuberculosis was predominant followed by segmental lesions. A high incidence of extra pulmonary involvement mainly tuberculous lymphadenitis was observed. Previous BCG inoculation was not protective in 37 (33.6%) children.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Office of Global AIDS/US Department of State.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Raghu, M.J., Patel, Y.S., Chintu, C. and Chawla, V. (1980). Tuberculous Manifestations in Children. Medical Journal of Zambia. 14 (4)	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/5332
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Medical Journal of Zambia	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Medical Journal of Zambia. 14 (4);
dc.subject	Tuberculous in Children--Zambia	en
dc.title	Tuberculous Manifestations in Children	en
dc.type	Article	en