%0 Journal Article
%T Clinico-Epidemiological Profile and Diagnostic Procedures of Tuberculosis in Children: A Retrospective Study from OPD of Tertiary Care Center in Bangladesh
%A Mujammel Haque
%A Sutopa Halder Supti
%A Nusrat Jahan
%A Elora Sharmin
%J Journal of Tuberculosis Research
%P 1-11
%@ 2329-8448
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jtr.2023.111001
%X <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Background:</span></b></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Childhood Tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of mortality and
morbidity</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> which causes </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">a </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">significant TB burden in developing countries. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objectives:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> The aim of this
study was to describe clinical profile and diagnostic procedures used in Outpatient
Department (OPD) of a tertiary </span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">care
hospital. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> It was a retrospective study conducted in OPD of Paediatrics
Department, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University,</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Shahbag, Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Age range of studied populations, 3 months to 18 years who
presented with clinical feature</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> of TB
and </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">were </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">later diagnosed </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">with</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> tuberculosis according to </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">n</span></span></span><span
%K Tuberculosis
%K Pulmonary
%K Extrapulmonary
%K Mantoux
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=122919