Tuberculosis in older children and adolescents in an industrial region

60 children and adolescents with tuberculosis aged 12-17 years were examined to specify typical features of the infection in present-day social and economic situation and approaches to its early prehospital diagnosis. The majority of the patients were girls infected with M. tuberculosis 2-3 years be...

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Published inProblemy tuberkuleza no. 3; p. 16
Main Authors Charykova, G P, Chugaev, Iu P, Undonova, O P, Borovikova, S I, Dolmatova, I A
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 1995
Subjects
Adolescent
Age Factors
Child
Female
Humans
Industry
Male
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Siberia - epidemiology
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Siberia
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Summary:60 children and adolescents with tuberculosis aged 12-17 years were examined to specify typical features of the infection in present-day social and economic situation and approaches to its early prehospital diagnosis. The majority of the patients were girls infected with M. tuberculosis 2-3 years before the examination, exposed to a single BCG vaccination with one postvaccination mark. Half of the patients were identified by the symptoms, one third by fluorography, the rest by tuberculin diagnosis or contact. A complex of measures is proposed to improve prehospital diagnosis in children and adolescents.
ISSN:0032-9533