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CRUZ, Andrea T; MERCHANT, Omar; ZAFAR, Affan; STARKE, Jeffrey R
The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 08/2014, Letnik: 33, Številka: 8Journal Article
Sixty-nine children with medical comorbidities were treated for tuberculosis (TB) exposure (7), infection (40) or disease (22). The most common comorbidities in children with TB disease were malignancy (23%), cyanotic heart disease (18%), hemoglobinopathies (18%) and autoimmune disease (14%). Ninety-six percent who received TB medications had no adverse events and 98% completed therapy. Two (9%) died of TB.
