Adult-type pulmonary TB in Children & Adolescents (ptbnet project)

Core study group member (co-PI): M Tebruegge
Local PIs: F Goetzinger, M Tebruegge
Collaborators: M Rothensteiner, S Baier-Grabner, V Chechenieva, Bogyi M
Start: 2024

Projektinformation/Beschreibung/Zielsetzung:

This is a project of the Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group, which is a case control study aiming to describe the epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics of paediatric patients with adult-type, cavitating pulmonary TB. The study will also capture details on treatment and outcome in those patients, and estimate their infectiousness.