Risk of tuberculosis in low birth weight children from East Romania.

epidemiology low birth weight pediatrics tuberculosis

Journal

Archives of medical science : AMS
ISSN: 1734-1922
Titre abrégé: Arch Med Sci
Pays: Poland
ID NLM: 101258257

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 22 06 2018
accepted: 30 08 2018
entrez: 14 2 2020
pubmed: 8 10 2018
medline: 8 10 2018
Statut: epublish

Résumé

In the context of the global tuberculosis (TB) burden, children represent 10% of all cases, with high incidence rates still reported by many regions worldwide. The study aim was to determine whether there is a correlation between TB clinical diagnosis and low birth weight in children at various ages. The study was conducted between 2010 and 2014, on a group of 1783 pediatric patients and a subgroup of 137 pediatric patients with low birth weight (LBW). Data were collected from patients' records and hospital statistical reports then processed using MS Excel 2010 and SPSS v.22. The subgroup of LBW patients accounted for 7.68% of all recorded cases. Girls were predominant (total M: The correlation between clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis in children at various ages and their low birth weight was positive but was not statistically significant. However, this research hypothesis should be tested in further studies on larger population groups, due to the current public health context of "End TB", promoted worldwide.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32051720
doi: 10.5114/aoms.2018.78768
pii: 33904
pmc: PMC6963146
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

162-166

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © 2018 Termedia & Banach.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Elena Ariela Banu (EA)

Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunărea de Jos" University, Galaţi; "Sf. Ioan" Emergency Clinic Hospital for Children, Galaţi, Romania.

Aurel Nechita (A)

Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunărea de Jos" University, Galaţi; "Sf. Ioan" Emergency Clinic Hospital for Children, Galaţi, Romania.

Eva Maria Elkan-Cojocaru (EM)

Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunărea de Jos" University, Galaţi; "Sf. Ioan" Emergency Clinic Hospital for Children, Galaţi, Romania.

Ginel Baciu (G)

Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Dunărea de Jos" University, Galaţi; "Sf. Ioan" Emergency Clinic Hospital for Children, Galaţi, Romania.

Alina Manole (A)

Department of Preventive Medicine and Interdisciplinarity, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania.

Liliana Chelaru (L)

Department of Morphological Sciences, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania.

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