Assessing capacity for diagnosing tuberculosis in children in sub-Saharan African HIV care settings

作者：Reid M J A^*; Saito S; Fayorsey R; Carter R J; Abrams E J

来源：International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2012, 16(7): 924-927.

DOI：10.5588/ijtld.11.0816

• tuberculosis
• HIV
• pediatric
• diagnosis

Research on the prevalence of pediatric-specific tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. We assessed the availability of pediatric TB diagnostic tests at 651 pediatric human immunodeficiency virus care and treatment sites across nine African countries: 54% of the sites had access to sputum culture capacity and 51% to chest X-ray services. While 87% of sites had access to smear microscopy, only 6% had the capacity to perform sputum induction and 5% to perform gastric aspirate. These findings confirm that diagnostic resources for the accurate diagnosis of pediatric TB are limited. Capacity-building initiatives to improve sputum collection in children are urgently required.

• 出版日期2012-7