Neonatal pneumonia in developing countries

T Duke - Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal …, 2005 - fn.bmj.com
Pneumonia contributes to between 750 000 and 1.2 million neonatal deaths and an
unknown number of stillbirths each year world wide. The aetiology depends on time of …

Diagnostic and management challenges for childhood tuberculosis in the era of HIV

BJ Marais, SM Graham, MF Cotton… - The Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The diagnosis and management of childhood tuberculosis (TB) pose substantial challenges
in the era of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. The highest TB incidences …

Congenital and neonatal pneumonia

MD Nissen - Paediatric respiratory reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
The greatest risk of death from pneumonia in childhood is in the neonatal period. It is
estimated that pneumonia contributes to between 750000–1.2 million neonatal deaths …

Predictors of successful early infant diagnosis of HIV in a rural district hospital in Zambezia, Mozambique

RE Cook, PJ Ciampa, M Sidat, M Blevins… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background: A key challenge inhibiting the timely initiation of pediatric antiretroviral
treatment is the loss to follow-up of mothers and their infants between the time of mothers' …

Tuberculosis in pregnancy

CN Mnyani, JA McIntyre - BJOG: An International Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Please cite this paper as: Mnyani C, McIntyre J. Tuberculosis in pregnancy. BJOG 2011;
118: 226–231. Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important infection in women globally. It is …

Perinatal tuberculosis and HIV-1: considerations for resource-limited settings

T Pillay, M Khan, J Moodley, M Adhikari… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2004 - thelancet.com
THE LANCET Infectious Diseases Vol 4 March 2004 http://infection. thelancet. com 156
include bronchopneumonia, cavitation, bronchiectasis, and interstitial pneumonitis …

Vertical transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosisin KwaZulu Natal: impact of HIV-1 co-infection

T Pillay, AW Sturm, M Khan, M Adhikari… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: Increases in perinatal TB have paralleled the exacerbation of the TB
epidemic in KwaZulu Natal. The exact risks for vertical transfer of Mycobacterium …

Tuberculosis and tuberculosis/HIV co-infection in pregnancy

M Adhikari - Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Both tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affect women aged 15–29
years. This is the prime childbearing age group with an increasing mortality due to HIV. The …

[PDF][PDF] Pediatric tuberculosis

AM Loeffler - Seminars in respiratory infections, 2003 - researchgate.net
Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) is different than that in adults in several ways.(1) The diagnosis of
TB is more difficult in children due to non-specific or complete absence of symptoms and …

The clinical presentation and detection of tuberculosis during pregnancy and in the postpartum period in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review and …

G Simpson, M Philip, JP Vogel… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
For women infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pregnancy is associated with an
increased risk of developing or worsening TB disease. TB in pregnancy increases the risk of …