Critical Review of Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Children from Papua New Guinea Presenting to Health Facilities in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia
J’Belle Foster, Ben J Marais, Diana Mendez, Emma S McBryde, Rogelio Hernández Pando, José Alberto Choreño-Parra · 2023
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Foster and co-authors published a 2023 review of how tuberculosis is diagnosed in children from Papua New Guinea who reach clinics in Australia's Torres Strait Islands. Childhood TB is notoriously hard to confirm: children rarely produce good sputum, and tests miss many cases. Remote clinics lean on scoring systems and desk guides instead. The team audited real practice against those tools.
They reviewed children with suspected TB seen between 2016 and 2019. Sixty-six children qualified, and only seven had bacteria-confirmed disease. Over half were under five years old. The authors compared three diagnostic algorithms, an older score, an aid group's desk guide, and a new World Health Organization algorithm, against what clinicians actually did. The comparison exposes where each rule helps or misleads in a remote setting. The review aims at safer, more consistent decisions for a vulnerable group of young patients.
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| CREATOR | J’Belle Foster, Ben J Marais, Diana Mendez, Emma S McBryde, Rogelio Hernández Pando, José Alberto Choreño-Parra |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |