Evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnostic tests in children and adolescents at a pediatric reference center.

Introduction: This study evaluates the performance of individual and combinations tests used for pediatric tuberculosis diagnosis at a reference center.

Materials And Methods: Diagnostic test outcomes from children with presumed pulmonary tuberculosis evaluated from January 2005 - July 2010 were compared to a standard diagnosis made by an expert panel of physicians.

Results: Presence of at least one sign/symptom, history of contact, or abnormal chest X-ray (aCXR) individually showed the highest sensitivity (85.

Tuberculosis in childhood and adolescence: a view from different perspectives.

Objective: To describe the epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in children under 19 years of age in Brazil and to review the latest publications on disease risk, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Source Of Data: Notifiable Diseases Information System (2018), World Health Organization estimates, and PubMed articles selected using the descriptor "Tuberculosis," delimited by type of study, period, age, and language.

Synthesis Of Data: In 2018, in Brazil, 9.

Laboratorial atopy markers in children with human immunodeficiency virus.

Changes in immune system functions are one of the most important consequences of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Studies have reported a higher prevalence of disease mediated by immunological hypersensitivity mechanisms in HIV-positive patients. This study aims to observe how immunological changes in HIV-infected children interfere in atopy determinants.