[BCG osteitis in children (algorithms of diagnosis and treatment)].

In 156 children with osseous complications due BCG vaccination, the clinical features of disease, radiation and laboratory changes were studied. An algorithm of diagnosis of BCG ostitis and a system of organizational measures whose implementation make it possible to objective the statistical registration of BGC ostitis in Russia are proposed.

[Tuberculosis of respiratory organs concomitant with tuberculosis of bones and joints in young children].

Specific features of thoracic tuberculosis were studied in children with various forms of tuberculosis of bones and joints, i.e. tuberculous spondylitis, arthritis and osteitis.

[Chemotherapy regimens in osteoarticular tuberculosis in children during surgical treatment stages].

The outcomes of treatment in 280 children with tuberculosis of bones and joints are analyzed. A general chemotherapy scheme for tuberculosis makes treatment regimens recommend for use in different forms of osteoarticular tuberculosis, which have been differentiated by the site and rate of an osseous and intrathoracic process and by the magnitude of their complications. The regimens differed in dosages, routes, and duration of administration of antituberculous drugs.

[Treatment policy for children with complicated osteoarticular tuberculosis].

Experience in treating 97 children aged 1 to 14 years who had complicated tuberculosis of the spine (n = 74) and large joints (n = 23) in a specialized surgical clinical setting is presented. The developed treatment policy involves early radical reparative or reconstructive surgical intervention and intensive long-term therapy. The treatment allows one to cure 96.

[Tuberculous osteitis in infants].

Clinical and diagnostic aspects, surgical outcomes, bacteriological findings were investigated for 72 infants under 3 years old operated for tuberculous ostitis. Tuberculin and seroimmunodiagnosis revealed infection allergy in 1/3 of the cases. The treatment comprises radical surgical reconstruction, drug and functional therapy.