Department of Infectious Diseases, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland.
Ir J Med Sci. 2010 Jun;179(2):251-4. doi: 10.1007/s11845-009-0443-0. Epub 2009 Oct 23.
Immigration has been shown to have an increasingly important effect on the epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in developed countries.
To review patterns of TB-related referrals to a paediatric infectious diseases clinic.
Retrospective chart review of TB-related referrals of children attending the Rainbow Clinic at OLCHC between 2003-2005.
Forty-seven children were assessed: 18 referred from public health clinics, 5 from general practitioners, and 24 from paediatricians. Most common reason for referral was history of TB exposure (60%). Eighteen (38%) were female, 29 (62%) were male. Thirteen (28%) had latent TB, and 17 (36%) had active disease. Of children with TB disease, 25 (83%) were Caucasian Irish, and the remainder was African. Twenty-five children completed TB treatment and were discharged, and 2 (7%) were lost to follow-up.
Our study highlights the problem of TB in children, the majority of whom are native to this country.
移民对发达国家的结核病（TB）流行病学的影响越来越大。
综述一家儿科传染病门诊接诊的与结核病相关的转诊患者模式。
对 2003-2005 年间在 OLCHC 的 Rainbow 诊所就诊的儿童进行结核病相关转诊的回顾性图表审查。
评估了 47 名儿童：18 名来自公共卫生诊所，5 名来自全科医生，24 名来自儿科医生。转诊的最常见原因是 TB 接触史（60%）。18 名（38%）为女性，29 名（62%）为男性。13 名（28%）有潜伏性 TB，17 名（36%）有活动性疾病。在患有结核病的儿童中，25 名（83%）为白种爱尔兰人，其余为非洲人。25 名儿童完成了结核病治疗并出院，2 名（7%）失访。
我们的研究强调了儿童结核病的问题，其中大多数是土生土长的。
