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ArticleCurrent infectious disease reports2013

Drug-resistant tuberculosis: pediatric guidelines.

Navaneetha Pandian Poorana Ganga Devi, Soumya Swaminathan

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Article in Current infectious disease reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Childhood abdominal tuberculosis: Disease patterns, diagnosis, and drug resistance.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2015
    Review
  4. Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in children.BMC infectious diseases · 2014
    Review
  5. Issues in the management of drug resistant tuberculosis in India.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society · 2013
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2 authors.

Navaneetha Pandian Poorana Ganga DeviNational Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Formerly The Tuberculosis Research Centre, No.1, Sathiyamoorthy Road, Chetpet, Chennai, 600 031, India, drpooranadevi@yahoo.co.in.
Soumya Swaminathan

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The World Health Organization estimates that there are 650,000 prevalent cases of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) globally, and since children (<15 years of age) constitute up to 20 % of the TB caseload in high-burden settings, the number of children with drug-resistant (DR) TB is likely to be substantial. Because bacterial burden at the site of disease is often low, diagnosis involves collection of multiple specimens and a laboratory capable of performing culture, although the Xpert MTB/RIF assay has improved sensitivity over smear examination. The basic principles of treatment for children are the same as those for adults with MDR-TB; however, the treatment regimen is often empiric and based on the drug susceptibility pattern of the source case, if available, or on past history of treatment. Additional challenges arise when MDR-TB is diagnosed and managed in the context of HIV coinfection. HIV-infected children are also treated with antiretroviral therapy medications, which have the potential to interact with second-line anti-TB drugs. Lack of pediatric formulations of second-line drugs and paucity of pharmacokinetic data make dosage challenging. However, when treated appropriately, children with DR TB have good outcomes.

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