[The incidence and mortality of tuberculosis in children in Romania in recent years].
The incidence and mortality by tuberculosis in children vary in connection with the tuberculosis in adults. The incidence by tuberculosis in children decreased from 300-313/1000 in 1955-1960 at 7-8%000 in 1985. After the year 1985 the risk of tuberculosis in children had a very clear tendency to increase, from 7.4%000 in 1986 at 12.7% in 1990 and to a maximum of 20.7%000 in 1993, an equal level to that from 17 years ago. Mainly, this increase is due to the deterioration of the living conditions of the population from the period 1980-1989, continued thereafter too, to the great number of cases of AIDS [correction of SIDA] recorded in children in Romania, that, associated to the high yearly risk of tuberculous infection, facilitated the appearance of new cases of infection HIV/AIDS [correction of SIDA] + tuberculosis. The most exposed to tuberculosis is the group of age 0-4 years. In the last years the percentage of the extrarespiratory settings of tuberculosis was of about 18%, and the percentage of severe cases was about 11% from the incidence. The mortality by tuberculosis in children increased from 4.5%000 in 1986 at 10.0%000 in 1993, but its lethality remained negligible.
Didilescu
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Institutul de Pneumoftiziologie Marius Nasta, Bucureşti.
Marica
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Jalbă
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
Incidenţa şi mortalitatea prin tuberculoză la copii în România în ultimii ani.