Tuberculosis Diagnosis in HIV-Infected Children: Comparison of the 2012 and 2015 Clinical Case Definitions for Classification of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis Disease.
Olivier MarcySophie GoyetLaurence BorandPhilippe MsellatiVibol UngMathurin TejiokemGiang Do ChauFrancis Ateba-NdongoAbdoul Salam OuedraogoBunnet DimPaul PerezJulien AsselineauGuislaine CarcelainStéphane BlancheChristophe DelacourtSylvain GodreuilPublished in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2022)
Agreement between the 2 versions of the Case Definition was substantial but more children were considered as tuberculosis using the 2015 version. Spontaneous symptom resolution reinforces both confidence in the "unlikely" category as being children without tuberculosis and the importance of the clinician's treatment decision in the study.