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Review
. 2022 Feb;69(1):19-45.
doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.09.004.

Updates in Pediatric Tuberculosis in International Settings

Sadia Shakoor  1 , Fatima Mir  2
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Updates in Pediatric Tuberculosis in International Settings

Sadia Shakoor et al. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Childhood tuberculosis (TB) has been underreported and underrepresented in TB statistics across the globe. Contributing factors include health system barriers, diagnostic barriers, and community barriers leading to an underdetected epidemic of childhood tuberculosis. Despite considerable progress in childhood TB management, there is a concerning gap in policy and practice in high-burden countries leading to missed opportunities for active case detection, early diagnosis and treatment of TB exposure, and infection and disease in children regardless of human immunodeficiency virus status. Bridging this gap requires multisectoral coordination and political commitment along with an eye to research and innovation with potential to scale.

Keywords: Childhood TB; DS-TB; HBCs; LMICs; LTBI in children; Paucibacillary; Policy-practice gaps; TB diagnostics.

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