Progress and problems in diagnosis of tuberculosis in children
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2019.09.005
- VernacularTitle: 儿童结核病诊断进展及存在的问题
- Author:
Jieqiong LI
1
;
Adong SHEN
Author Information
1. Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children and National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children′s Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Child;
Tuberculosis;
Diagnostic methods;
Problems;
Prospects
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2019;34(9):655-659
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious threat to children′s health.The world health organization (WHO) reported that there were almost 1 million TB patients and 230 000 deaths among children globally in 2017.In order to control the prevalence of childhood TB, WHO put forward a blueprint of " towards zero death for childhood TB" . However, due to the difficulty in obtaining specimens, the lack of typical symptoms and the insufficient of existing diagnostic methods for children, it is hard to achieve the goal of zero death.The summary of the TB diagnosis status will promote to solve the current problems in children.
