[Tuberculin sensitivity in infants and preschool children with pulmonary tuberculosis].

The tuberculin sensitivity of the skin was studied in children with tuberculosis, whose age was under 7 years, in relation to the age, the form of tuberculosis, the phases of a process, its severity, the presence of complications and concomitant disease. It was established that in infants the rate of negative reactions was 13.2 times higher and that of hyperergic reactions was 5.

[Specific features of tuberculosis in children having its different contacts with patients with active tuberculosis].

The specific features of tuberculosis and its causes on different contacts were examined. Severe and complicated forms of tuberculosis were found to be diagnosed on all types of contact, which suggests that there is an epidemiological hazard of contact with not only bacteria-isolating person (47.1%), but also with a patient who has been found to have no Mycobacteria tuberculosis (15.

[New cases of tuberculosis of respiratory organs during phases of reverse development in children].

Out of 313 preschool children treated in a specialized children's hospital for local tuberculosis, 23.6% of cases were first diagnosed in phases of reverse development. 12.

[Reasons for hospital readmission of infants and preschool children with tuberculosis].

As high as 12.4% of children suffering from tuberculosis are readmitted, rural children are more frequently readmitted (18.0 versus 7.

[Pathomorphosis of tuberculosis in children of early and preschool age (autopsy data)].

A total of 339 protocols of autopsies of babies infants, and pre-school children within 50 year (1947-1996) are analyzed. As compared with 1947-1956, in the past 3 decades the autopsies showed 14.6-, 35.