[Characteristics of nephrotuberculosis in children, adolescents and young persons].

According to the author, urogenital tuberculosis in children and young subjects occurs in 10% of all the cases with this disease. Antituberculosis service registers 71.2% of cases in preschool children, whereas in schoolchildren 70.4% of diagnoses are made by general practitioners. 90% of nephrotuberculosis cases are detected early, in 85% bacteriological examination.