A new study shows that young children diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis are at an increased risk of subsequent wheezing, poor lung function, and reduced height and weight later in their childhood.

As young children have an increased risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) disease during the first year after infection, childhood TB serves as an indicator of ongoing transmission within a community.

A new study has assessed TB infection and active TB disease during children's first decade of life in high-burden settings. The new results found that there was a consistently high rate of annual TB ...

(HealthDay News) — The incidence of pediatric tuberculosis is higher than the number of infections in 22 high-burden countries, according to a study published online July 9 in The Lancet Global Health ...

To end childhood TB, the global health community must close the pediatric TB case detection gap. Only by doing so can children with TB receive the critical and timely treatment needed to avoid ...

Although tuberculosis (TB) is treatable and preventable, it can be difficult to diagnose in children, according to the World Health Organization. TB is usually diagnosed using respiratory samples, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Previous tuberculosis in Gambian children was significantly associated with impaired lung function and ...

A new study shows that young children diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis are at an increased risk of subsequent wheezing, poor lung function, and reduced height and weight later in their childhood.

New findings also indicate that children who live in settings with a high burden of TB have a consistently high annual risk of developing TB infection throughout childhood. An estimated 1.2 million ...