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Tuberculosis caseload in children with severe acute malnutrition related with high hospital based mortality in Lusaka, Zambia

2017; BioMed Central; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s13104-017-2529-5

1756-0500

Tendai Munthali, Chishala Chabala, Elson Chama, Raider Mugode, Nathan Kapata, Patrick Musonda, Charles Michelo,

Global Maternal and Child Health

Tuberculosis and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children pose a major treatment and care challenge in high HIV burden countries in Africa. We investigated the prevalence of Tuberculosis notifications among hospitalised under-five children with severe acute malnutrition. A retrospective review of medical records for all children aged 0-59 months admitted to the University Teaching Hospital from 2009 to 2013 was performed. Descriptive statistics were employed to estimate TB caseload. Logistic regression was used to identify predictors of the TB caseload.