[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 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.
Charykova
G P
GP
Chugaev
Iu P
IuP
Undonova
O P
OP
Borovikova
S I
SI
Dolmatova
I A
IA
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*