5.1
Physical findings suggestive of TB in children
National TB Management Guidelines, 2018 Edition. Chapter 5, Paediatric TB.
Clinical description
These include:
- Abnormalities detected when listening (auscultation) to the lungs: crackles, coarse
breath sounds, etc.
- Dullness to percussion of the chest, which may suggest a TB pleural effusion;
- A painless, enlarged mass of lymph nodes in the neck, without response to a course
of antibiotics, is highly suggestive of TB cervical adenitis; and
- Other features of EPTB.
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