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Why the other options are wrong
Case Complete
What this deck covers
Tuberculosis in Children in twelve clinical teaching cases with worked explanations. Each case gives you a clinical vignette, four options, the correct answer, and an explanation of why each of the other three is wrong.
The 12 cases, in order
- The cough that would not settle
- One hilum larger than the other
- A baby who stopped growing
- A child too young to spit
- How many millimetres count
- A vaccine that muddies the water
- Infected, but not ill
- Two months, then four
- Two weeks of headache
- The drug that touches the eyes
- A mother diagnosed on day two
- When the usual drugs stop working
Diagnoses and management options tested
Across the twelve cases you are asked to choose between options such as: Bacterial pneumonia, Viral bronchitis, Pulmonary tuberculosis, Bronchial asthma, The primary (Ghon) complex, Miliary tuberculosis, Cavitary post-primary disease, A tuberculoma, Primary pulmonary tuberculosis, Latent tuberculosis infection, Tuberculous lymphadenitis, Early-morning gastric aspirates on three consecutive days, A throat swab for acid-fast bacilli, Blood culture in a mycobacterial bottle, 5 mm or more, A screening chest computed tomogram, An interferon-gamma release assay, Sputum smear for acid-fast bacilli, Four-drug therapy for six months, Isoniazid and rifampicin for twelve months, Isoniazid alone for six months, Isoniazid and rifampicin for nine months, Intrathecal streptomycin, Intravenous mannitol, Oral acetazolamide, Isoniazid alone.
Clinical pearls from this deck
- A cough of more than three weeks in a child with a household contact is tuberculosis until proven otherwise.
- Children get nodes, adults get cavities. Hilar lymphadenopathy is the signature of primary childhood tuberculosis.
The twelve worked cases in this deck, with the images and the full explanation of every option, are part of Pediatric Case Review membership. See what is included.
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