Charykova G P, Chugaev Iu P, Undonova O P, Borovikova S I, Dolmatova I A
Probl Tuberk. 1995(3):16-7.
60 children and adolescents with tuberculosis aged 12-17 years were examined to specify typical features of the infection in present-day social and economic situation and approaches to its early prehospital diagnosis. The majority of the patients were girls infected with M. tuberculosis 2-3 years before the examination, exposed to a single BCG vaccination with one postvaccination mark. Half of the patients were identified by the symptoms, one third by fluorography, the rest by tuberculin diagnosis or contact. A complex of measures is proposed to improve prehospital diagnosis in children and adolescents.
