Chart 1. Most common clinical and radiological aspects of pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents.

Aspect	Pediatric patients
	< 10 years of age			10-18 years of age
Signs and symptoms	Persistent fever, weight loss, cough, and irritability			Persistent fever, adynamia, and expectoration (bloody sputum)
Chest X-ray
Finding	Right hilar lymphadenopathy	Chronic pneumonia	Miliary pattern	Pulmonary cavitations	Pleural effusion