title: [Characteristics of tuberculosis among children (data from a specialized hospital].
abstract: The results of analysis of 3076 case histories of patients who were studied in a specialized hospital of Leningrad in the period of 1984-1989 made it possible to give the present-day characteristic of tuberculosis infection in children aged up to 14 years. Study was conducted according to the accepted scheme and comprised analysis of a general composition of patients, clinical diagnosis structure, specific features of the different forms of tuberculosis, registration of complications, age, sex and territory factors and results of other investigations. Special emphasis was given to the characteristic of a group of children suffering from tuberculosis. The findings obtained give evidence on the unfavourable changes in the structure of clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis in children during the last five years.
authors: O I
authors: OI
authors: Korol'
authors: O M
authors: OM
authors: Noskova
authors: L V
authors: LV
authors: Klochkova
authors: S B
authors: SB
authors: Shats
authors: A Ia
authors: AIa
authors: Akbalov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Kharakteristika tyberkuleznoĭ infektsii u deteĭ (po dannym spetsializirovannogo statsionara).