Management and outcomes of severe childhood tuberculosis in the pediatric intensive care setting: can we identify best practices?

Velizarova1,a, Svetlana; Gabrovska1,b, Natalia; Spasova1,c, Albena; Marais2,3,d, Ben; Harausz4,e, Elizabeth Page; Tiberi5,6,f, Simon; Migliori7,g, Giovanni Battista; Manissero8,h, Davide

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Management and outcomes of severe childhood tuberculosis in the pediatric intensive care setting: can we identify best practices?

Tratamento e desfechos da tuberculose grave em crianças na unidade de terapia intensiva pediátrica: é possível identificar as melhores práticas?

Svetlana Velizarova1,a, Natalia Gabrovska1,b, Albena Spasova1,c, Ben Marais2,3,d, Elizabeth Page Harausz4,e, Simon Tiberi5,6,f, Giovanni Battista Migliori7,g, Davide Manissero8,h

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-3713/e20190043

1. Medical University, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Hospital for Lung Disease "St. Sofia" - Children's Clinic, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2. Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
3. Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
4. State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse (NY) USA.
5. Barts Health NHS Trust, Royal London Hospital, Division of Infection, London, United Kingdom.
6. Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, London, United Kingdom.
7. Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri - IRCCS - Tradate, Italia.
8. University College of London, Institute for Global Health, London, United Kingdom.
a. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-2798; b. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8321-9814; c. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1603-4630;
d. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3404-2690; e. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-0607; f. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9424-6551;
g. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2597-574X; h. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8887-8795