Pediatric tuberculosis in Italian children: Epidemiological and clinical data from the Italian register of pediatric tuberculosis

Luisa Galli, Lavinia Maddalena Galli, Laura Lancella, Chiara Tersigni, Elisabetta Venturini, Elena Venturini, Elena Chiappini, Elisabetta Chiappini, Barbaramaria Bergamini, Margherita Codifava, Cristina Venturelli, Chiara Venturelli, Giulia Tosetti, Giovanni Tosetti, Caterina Marabotto, Laura Cursi, Elena Boccuzzi, Silvia Garazzino, Pierangelo Tovo, Michele PinonDanielele Serre, Laura Castiglioni, Andrealo Vecchio, Alfredo Guarino, Eugenia Bruzzese, Giuseppe Losurdo, Elio Castagnola, Grazia Bossi, Giuliana Bossi, Gianluigi Marseglia, Susanna Esposito, Samantha Bosis, Rita Grandolfo, Valentina Fiorito, Piero Valentini, Danilo Buonsenso, Raffaele Domenici, Marco Montesanti, Filippomaria Salvini, Enrica Riva, Icilio Dodi, Francesca Maschio, Luisa Abbagnato, Elisa Fiumana, Chiara Fornabaio, Patrizia Ballista, Vincenzo Portelli, Gabriella Bottone, Nicola Palladino, Mariella Valenzise, Barbara Vecchi, Mariadi Gangi, Carla Lupi, Alberto Villani, Andrea Villani, Maurizio De Martino

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Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Over the last decades, TB has also emerged in the pediatric population. Epidemiologic data of childhood TB are still limited and there is an urgent need of more data on very large cohorts. A multicenter study was conducted in 27 pediatric hospitals, pediatric wards, and public health centers in Italy using a standardized form, covering the period of time between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2012. Children with active TB, latent TB, and those recently exposed to TB or recently adopted/immigrated from a high TB incidence country were enrolled. Overall, 4234 children were included; 554 (13.1%) children had active TB, 594 (14.0%) latent TB and 3086 (72.9%) were uninfected. Among children with active TB, 481 (86.8%) patients had pulmonary TB. The treatment of active TB cases was known for 96.4% (n = 534) of the cases. Overall, 210 (39.3%) out of these 534 children were treated with three and 216 (40.4%) with four first-line drugs. Second-line drugs where used in 87 (16.3%) children with active TB. Drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were reported in 39 (7%) children. Improving the surveillance of childhood TB is important for public health care workers and pediatricians. A non-negligible proportion of children had drug-resistant TB and was treated with second-line drugs, most of which are off-label in the pediatric age. Future efforts should concentrate on improving active surveillance, diagnostic tools, and the availability of antitubercular pediatric formulations, also in low-endemic countries.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)N/A-N/A
RivistaInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume17
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2016

Keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities
  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Children
  • Female
  • Hospitals, Pediatric
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Italian
  • Italy
  • Male
  • Register
  • Registries
  • Tuberculosis
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

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