Abstract
Introduction: Childhood Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious contagious disease whose agent is the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, and should be considered a public health problem; not only because of the burden of disease in childhood and adolescence but at the same time shows the presence of the uncontrolled bacillus in family and community spaces. This led to explore the available scientific literature on the subject and multiple approaches in the health sciencesMethodology: A literature review was conducted in different specialized databases in health topics with the descriptor 'tuberculosis in children' combined with morbidity, mortality and nursing. After this review, the studies found were identified, analyzed and classifiedResults: The information is divided into six groups: epidemiology of the disease; risk factors and criteria for detecting the BIT; relationship between TB and respiratory diseases in children; complications of TBI; options for the treatment and prevention of TBI, and the relationship between public health, nursing and TBI by way of reflection.Conclusion: This subject has been approached from quantitative approaches with descriptive, retrospective and epidemiological scope, with little production in the social and humanistic approach.
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