TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AT THE PRESENT STAGE

• Main Authors: A. V. Mordyk (Author), E. A. Tsygankova (Author), L. V. Puzyryova (Author), A. A. Turitsa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Union of pediatricians of Russia, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 1727-5776; 2500-3089; 10.15690/pf.v11i3.1004
• Keywords: tuberculosis; children; tuberculosis of thoracic lymph nodes; epidemiology; diagnosis; vaccinal prevention; Pediatrics; RJ1-570; Therapeutics. Pharmacology; RM1-950
• Source: Педиатрическая фармакология, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 27-30 (2014)

The literature review presents data on peculiarities of tuberculosis epidemiology, incidence rate and clinical pattern in children in the Russian Federation. Over the last 5 years, the age structure of the children developing tuberculosis has significantly changed: the share of children of small and preschool age increased, whereas the share of 7-14-year-old children decreased. Tuberculosis of thoracic lymph nodes predominates in the structure of clinical forms of tuberculosis of respiratory organs in children; small forms predominate, which indicates improvement of diagnostic capabilities. However, a rather large number of children with calcination stage of the tubercular process is observed. Further improvement of early detection of a tubercular infection is a powerful tool of preventing complicated and progressive forms of tuberculosis in children.