Tuberculosis remains a threat to children's health all around Europe. Child TB is hard to diagnose and difficult to cure. Why is it so challenging, and what needs to be done to stop the illness from spreading?
It is much harder to diagnose TB in a child than in an adult. Children generally do not have much sputum (saliva) with enough bacteria present for a conclusive analysis. To make the correct diagnosis, paediatricians have to put together a large jigsaw puzzle of various clues.
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