Clinical forms and diagnosis of tuberculosis in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michely Alexandrino de Souza PinheiroRafaela Baroni AurilioAna Alice Amaral Ibiapina ParenteMaria de Fátima Bazhuni Pombo MarchAna Cristina Cisne FrotaCristina Barroso HoferThalita Fernandes de AbreuSidnei FerreiraClemax Couto Sant'AnnaPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2022)
Our study revealed more tuberculosis cases in the first year of the pandemic than in the same period of the previous year, with greater variation of sites affected by the disease, including rarer and more severe forms.