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Paediatric Tuberculosis
Dr James NuttallPaediatric Infectious Diseases Unit
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital & University of Cape Town
DCH , May 2018
Outline
• Brief epidemiology of childhood TB• Pathophysiology• Diagnosis• Treatment• HIV & TB interactions• Drug resistant TB• Prophylaxis of TB contacts
Acknowledgement
• Professor Brian Eley for slides
H = isoniazid, R = rifampicin, Z = pyrazinamide, E = ethambutol, Et = ethionamide
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