Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents

The burden of tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents remains very significant. Several million children and adolescents are infected with TB each year worldwide following exposure to an infectious TB case and the risk of progression from TB infection to tuberculosis disease is higher in this...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pathogens (Basel) Jg. 11; H. 12; S. 1512
Hauptverfasser: Tchakounte Youngui, Boris, Tchounga, Boris Kevin, Graham, Stephen M., Bonnet, Maryline
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Switzerland MDPI AG 09.12.2022
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Schlagworte:
Adolescents
Age
Antigens
cell-mediated immunity
Children
Children & youth
Communicable diseases in children
Diagnosis
Drug therapy
Exposure
HIV
Households
Human immunodeficiency virus
Immune response
Immune response (cell-mediated)
Immune system
Immunology
Indoor air quality
Infections
Life Sciences
Microbiology and Parasitology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Observational studies
Pediatric research
Review
risk
Risk analysis
Risk factors
risk reduction
Teenagers
Tuberculosis
tuberculosis infection
Vaccines
World Health Organization
France
South Africa
adolescents
children
tuberculosis infection
ISSN:2076-0817, 2076-0817
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Zusammenfassung:The burden of tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents remains very significant. Several million children and adolescents are infected with TB each year worldwide following exposure to an infectious TB case and the risk of progression from TB infection to tuberculosis disease is higher in this group compared to adults. This review describes the risk factors for TB infection in children and adolescents. Following TB exposure, the risk of TB infection is determined by a combination of index case characteristics, contact features, and environmental determinants. We also present the recently recommended approaches to diagnose and treat TB infection as well as novel tests for infection. The tests for TB infection have limitations and diagnosis still relies on an indirect immunological assessment of cellular immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens using immunodiagnostic testing. It is recommended that TB exposed children and adolescents and those living with HIV receive TB preventive treatment (TPT) to reduce the risk of progression to TB disease. Several TPT regimens of similar effectiveness and safety are now available and recommended by the World Health Organisation.
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PMCID: PMC9784659
ISSN:2076-0817
2076-0817
DOI:10.3390/pathogens11121512