[The complex assessment of the health status of children in the early period of primary tuberculous infection taking health groups into account].

Children belonging to different health groups aged 4-14 (n = 350) with a turn in tuberculin reactions were examined for a relation of their health status to the onset, course and chemotherapy outcomes of early tuberculous infection. Health groups 3 and 4 appeared risk factors by a turn in tuberculin reactions. An inverse relationship was revealed between children's health and their immune status, whereas general condition of the examinees and efficacy of their chemotherapy correlated directly.