Clinical characteristics and diagnosis analysis of intrathoracic tuberculosis in children

doi:10.19538/j.ek2017120617

Abstract：Objective To explore the value of clinical manifestations and routine examinations for the diagnosis of intrathoracic tuberculosis in children.Methods The medical records of children under 16 years of age due to intrathoracic diseases in Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine from January 2009 to December 2011 were collected.According to the final diagnosis,the patients were divided into 2 groups:intrathoracic tuberculosis and non tuberculosis.The clinical manifestations and routine auxiliary examination results of the 2 groups were retrospectively analyzed.The children were divided according to age ＜ 10 years and over 10 years old in 2 groups,and the clinical data were also compared.Results (1) Pathological diagnoses were confirmed at 72.30％ of proportion at whole patients,70.73％ in TB group.The positive rate of tuberculosis bacteriology was 21.85％ in TB group.(2)The middle course of history accounted for 56.30％ in TB children.At the onset of illess,the proportion of fever and predisposition to tuberculosis,positivity of tuberculin skin test (TST) and serumal tuberculosis antibody,and average value of ESR,CRP,PLT and D-Dier in blood were significantly higher in TB group than those in non-TB group.(3)About 59％ of patients in the non-TB group were cured or were markedly improved by antibiotic treatment,which was effective in 10％ of the TB group.(4)Diagnostic accordance rate by radiology was 53.36％ and the rate of misdiagnosis as tuberculosis accounted for 11.71％ in non-TB group.Conclusion Clinical features combined with medical history and laboratory results are helpful for the identification of tuberculosis in children under 16 years old.