[Tuberculosis in children of various ages: vaccination, chemoprophylaxis, the specific features of detection, and clinical course].
Examination of 296 cases of active forms of tuberculosis in children showed various age-dependent antituberculous measures. 14.8% of the children less than 3 years of age had not been vaccinated against tuberculosis; 19.8% had earlier received chemoprophylaxis; and contact with patients with tuberculosis was detected more frequently (70.4%). Against this background, tuberculosis in infancy was more commonly identified from complaints (48.1%) and less frequently at mass tuberculin diagnosis (19.8%); the generalized forms of the disease and complicated tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes were more frequently found (16% and 24.7%), a fatal outcome was oftener observed (7.4%). The secondary forms of tuberculosis were revealed in 23.8% of schoolchildren. Overall, the mean size of a papule emerging from the Mantoux test was 12.8 +/- 0.37 mm at the detection of tuberculosis.
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D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D032581:Tuberculosis Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D032581:Tuberculosis Vaccines