Pulmonary tuberculosis: Management in children has special considerations

EDITOR—The review of tuberculosis management by Campbell and Bah-Sow understates the importance of tuberculosis in children.1 An estimated 1.3 million new cases occur annually in children aged 15 or younger,2 and one third of the 1.7 million annual deaths occur in children.3 The distinction between latent tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease is of particular importance in children. Younger infants have …