Characteristics and predictors of mortality among infants and toddlers hospitalized with tuberculosis: a ten-year case series study in Sichuan, China.

BMC Infect Dis · 2025 · PMC12128501 · PMID 40457204

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a notable trendno p-value reported

A notable trend was observed in the number of TB cases among infants and toddlers, increasing from 2013 to 2015, peaking in 2017, and subsequently declining, with a resurgence in 2023 (Fig. 1 ).

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During their hospital stay, 21 children passed away, with a mortality rate of 13.4% in infants, significantly higher than in toddlers, showing a marginally significant difference (Table 5 ).

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The study indicated an increasing trend in TB incidence among local children in Sichuan from 2019 to 2021, with rates of 9.19/100,000, 11.01/100,000, and 11.96/100,000 respectively.

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