title: [The epidemiological profile and current evolutionary trends in tuberculosis in adolescents (15-19 years old) in the capital].
abstract: In Bucharest, the increasing TB incidence in the age group of 15 to 19 years till 100.11/100000 in 1996 has to become a concerning matter. The study of 585 cases aged 15 to 19 registered in Bucharest between 1991 and 1995 (more than 2/3 of all the cases in that period) revealed the important proportion of secondary TB (67.4%), as well as the frequency of pleural involvement (25.6%). The main discovering methods remain the examination of symptomatic cases (78.6%) and epidemiological inquiry (10%). The fact that 85% of the bacteriological confirmed cases had positive sputum specimens in microscopy confirms the idea of discovering the patients in advanced stages of disease, as well as epidemiological signification. Almost 50% of the ill teen-agers belong to families with low living status. At this age group we found an important degree of recovery after chemotherapy (82% rate of healing in the first year).
authors.affiliation: Institutul de Pneumoftiziologie M. Nasta, Bucureşti.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Didilescu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ibraim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tigău
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D015995:Prevalence; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Studiu asupra profilului epidemiologic şi tendinţelor actuale ale evoluţiei tuberculozei la adolescenţi (15-19 ani) în Capitală.