Muhammad Asghar Butt, Mehboob Alam Siddiqui, Aneela Ashraf, Zahid Ansari.
Pattern of Tuberculosis in Immunized and Non Immunized Children
Ann King Edward Med Coll Jul - Sep 1998;4(3):24-6.
Department of Paediatrics. Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad

A total of 100 consecutive children irrespective of age and sex discrimination who presented to the Department of Paediatrics, Allied Hospital, Faisalabad and diagnosed as tuberculous here studied prospectively. The age range was 3 months to 14 years with mean age 3.9 years. 61 patients were male and 39 female with M:F ratio 3:2. The pattern of tuberculosis in immunized as well as non immunized children was observed 28% of the children were immunized with BCG and they had pulmonary tuberculosis as major presentation. On the other hand 72% of children were nonimmunized and they had extra thoracic manifestations such as meningeal, skeletal and abdominal tuberculosis. It is recommended BCG vaccination still is good tool for prophylaxis against systemic tuberculosis.

Category: Pediatrics
Keywords: Childhood Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis. BCG Immunization.

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