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Tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus‐exposed or -infected United States children

 

作者: LAURA GUTMAN,   JOHN MOYE,   BONNIE ZIMMER,   CHING TIAN,  

 

期刊: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal  (OVID Available online 1994)
卷期: Volume 13, issue 11  

页码: 963-968

 

ISSN:0891-3668

 

年代: 1994

 

出版商: OVID

 

关键词: Tuberculosis;AIDS;HIV;opportunistic infections

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

This study was designed to provide a preliminary assessment of the occurrence of tuberculosis exposure, infection and disease within a national sample of infants and children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exposure or infection, and to determine the prevalence ofMycobacterium tuberculosisisolates resistant both to isoniazid and rifampin in these patients or their adult source contacts. A retrospective questionnaire survey was conducted of infants and children with HIV exposure or infection evaluated by pediatric HIV referral centers in the United States comprising the pediatric units or subunits of the Pediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Clinical Trials Group (PACTG). Seventy of 72 sites during a mean period of 5 (range, 1 to 12) years participated in this study and had provided care for 14 038 patients. There were 75 cumulative total cases of tuberculosis disease seen since each site was established. Therapy for asymptomatic infection was given to another 40 children and for tuberculosis expo.

 

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