[Increase in cases of tuberculosis (bacteriologically detected) in children in the Montpellier area, in 1979 and 1980].
From 1973 to 1980 the authors recorded the rates of detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in their laboratory. From 1973 to 1978 this rate in samples from children was low, never reaching 6 %, and nearly constant. In the last two years (1979 and 1980) the rate more than doubled. These results are analyzed and discussed according to the age and nationality of patients. The distribution of the various clinical forms is given. The study of BCG status confirms well-known data : either the patients had never been vaccinated or the tuberculin tests had not been regularly checked.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
Augmentation des cas de tuberculose (détectés bactériologiquement) chez l'enfant dans la région de Montpellier en 1979 et 1980.