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Optimizing the Threshold to Treat Children for Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A North-East England Experience

Published:2022-11-29 Issue:3 Volume:42 Page:e88-e89
ISSN:0891-3668
Container-title:Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
language:en
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Author:

Porter George James¹²,Whyte Martin³,Walters Elisabetta Ghimenton²⁴,Owens Stephen¹²

Affiliation:

1. Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

2. Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3. Department of Paediatrics, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

4. Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

Abstract

We assessed the impact of the updated guidelines on tuberculin skin test interpretation in the North East of England. Data on 241 children screened for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) between January 2011 and July 2018 were analyzed; 12.4% of children screened under the previous guidelines were treated for LTBI, compared to 33.3% under the new ones (P < 0.001).

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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