Active tuberculosis was defined by the identification of mycobacterium tuberculosis in culture, microscopy, or histopathological examination. Nesta revisao, discutimos a epidemiologia, as manifestacoes clinicas e a prevencao da tuberculose na infancia e adolescencia. Children with positive clinical history and radiological tests who had been exposed to sick adults or with positive tuberculin skin test were also considered as having active tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that in chile is far from eradicated. Tuberculosis extrapulmonar tbc enfermedades infecciosas. Tuberculosis diseminada o linfohematogena es mas frecuente en lactantes y ninos pequenos y tiene una elevada morbimortalidad.
Tuberculosis diagnostico y tratamiento mayo clinic. Aspectos epidemiologicos, manifestacoes clinicas e prevencao. Preventive treatment for contacts of patients with multidrugresistant tuberculosis. They are also not contagious, and cannot spread the infection to others. Santa clara county public health department 976 lenzen avenue san jose california 95126 408 8854214. Actualizacion en pediatria actualizacion en tuberculosis. Tuberculosis tb is the most important infectious disease all over the world, with a high morbidity and mortality. Pediatric tuberculosis has been a neglected epidemic, due to the difficulties in assessing its global impact, reduced incidence and lower infectivity compared to adults.
Tb disease is suspected clinically when a person presents with the symptoms mentioned above usually together with abnormal findings on a chest xray. Tuberculosis tbc enfermedades infecciosas manual msd. Publicationsecdctuberculosissurveillancemonitoringeurope2016. Persons with latent tb infection do not feel sick and do not have any symptoms.