[Rapidly progressing forms of pulmonary tuberculosis in adolescents].
Examination of 23 adolescents with rapidly progressive pulmonary tuberculosis (RPPT) discovered severe bilateral lesions in 47.8%, caverns in 91.3%, M. tuberculosis in 86.9% of the examinees. 75% of the adolescents were resistant to antituberculous treatment. RPPT in adolescents is represented mainly by infiltration pulmonary tuberculosis (78.3%), caseous pneumonia and disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis (21.7%). RPPT develops because of late diagnosis and infection with drug-resistant M. tuberculosis.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D000995:Antitubercular Agents