Megan Palmer1, Kenneth S Gunasekera2, Marieke M van der Zalm1, Julie Morrison3, H Simon Schaaf1,3, Pierre Goussard3, Anneke C Hesseling1, Elisabetta Walters1,4, James A Seddon1,5. 1. Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. 2. Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 3. Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. 4. Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust, Newcastle, United Kingdom. 5. Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The chest radiograph (CR) remains a key tool in the diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis (TB). In children with presumptive intrathoracic TB, we aimed to identify CR features that had high specificity for, and were strongly associated with, bacteriologically confirmed TB. METHODS: We analyzed CR data from children with presumptive intrathoracic TB prospectively enrolled in a cohort study in a high-TB burden setting and who were classified using standard clinical case definitions as "confirmed," "unconfirmed," or "unlikely" TB. We report the CR features and inter-reader agreement between expert readers who interpreted the CRs. We calculated the sensitivity and specificity of the CR features with at least moderate inter-reader agreement and analyzed the relationship between these CR features and the classification of TB in a multivariable regression model. RESULTS: Of features with at least moderate inter-reader agreement, enlargement of perihilar and/or paratracheal lymph nodes, bronchial deviation/compression, cavities, expansile pneumonia, and pleural effusion had a specificity of > 90% for confirmed TB, compared with unlikely TB. Enlargement of perihilar (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 6.6; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.80-11.72) and/or paratracheal lymph nodes (aOR: 5.14; 95% CI, 2.25-12.58), bronchial deviation/compression (aOR: 6.22; 95% CI, 2.70-15.69), pleural effusion (aOR: 2.27; 95% CI, 1.04-4.78), and cavities (aOR: 7.45; 95% CI, 3.38-17.45) were associated with confirmed TB in the multivariate regression model, whereas alveolar opacification (aOR: 1.16; 95% CI, .76-1.77) and expansile pneumonia (aOR: 4.16; 95% CI, .93-22.34) were not. CONCLUSIONS: In children investigated for intrathoracic TB enlargement of perihilar or paratracheal lymph nodes, bronchial compression/deviation, pleural effusion, or cavities on CR strongly support the diagnosis.
INTRODUCTION: The chest radiograph (CR) remains a key tool in the diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis (TB). In children with presumptive intrathoracic TB, we aimed to identify CR features that had high specificity for, and were strongly associated with, bacteriologically confirmed TB. METHODS: We analyzed CR data from children with presumptive intrathoracic TB prospectively enrolled in a cohort study in a high-TB burden setting and who were classified using standard clinical case definitions as "confirmed," "unconfirmed," or "unlikely" TB. We report the CR features and inter-reader agreement between expert readers who interpreted the CRs. We calculated the sensitivity and specificity of the CR features with at least moderate inter-reader agreement and analyzed the relationship between these CR features and the classification of TB in a multivariable regression model. RESULTS: Of features with at least moderate inter-reader agreement, enlargement of perihilar and/or paratracheal lymph nodes, bronchial deviation/compression, cavities, expansile pneumonia, and pleural effusion had a specificity of > 90% for confirmed TB, compared with unlikely TB. Enlargement of perihilar (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 6.6; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.80-11.72) and/or paratracheal lymph nodes (aOR: 5.14; 95% CI, 2.25-12.58), bronchial deviation/compression (aOR: 6.22; 95% CI, 2.70-15.69), pleural effusion (aOR: 2.27; 95% CI, 1.04-4.78), and cavities (aOR: 7.45; 95% CI, 3.38-17.45) were associated with confirmed TB in the multivariate regression model, whereas alveolar opacification (aOR: 1.16; 95% CI, .76-1.77) and expansile pneumonia (aOR: 4.16; 95% CI, .93-22.34) were not. CONCLUSIONS: In children investigated for intrathoracic TB enlargement of perihilar or paratracheal lymph nodes, bronchial compression/deviation, pleural effusion, or cavities on CR strongly support the diagnosis.
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