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Posted On : 05 Feb 2023

A 2-year-old child is having off and on cough and fever. His chest x-ray is WNL. TLC DLC is WNL ESR slightly raised. But Mantoux is positive. He also has grade 1 PEM. can ATT be started?

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Ajay Singh

0

No we can't

1 year ago

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Fauzi Muhmood

0

yes we can start ATT

1 year ago

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Inam Ullah

2

NO because in PEM mountox will be false positive

1 year ago

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Abdirisaq hassan

0

no b/c of need for additional investigation

1 year ago

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Hind Hammad Babekir

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need more investigation to confirmed TB LIKE PCR

1 year ago

Answer 1

If the Mantoux test is done with 2 TU or 5 TU then you have to start ATT, but if it is done with 10 TU then one should not.

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