FEATURES OF THE RESISTANT FORMS OF A SPECIFIC PROCESS AMONG CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS FROM THE MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOUS INFECTION FOCI: CLINICAL PICTURE AND DIAGNOSTICS.

Among 256 patients examined, 145 were diagnosed with multidrug-resistant pulmonary TB: 67 children and 78 teenagers from the focies with the multidrug-resistant TB (the main group), and 111 patients (35 children and 76 teenagers) from the focies with a chemosensitive TB (the control group). Molecular genetic testing of sputum, including the GeneXpert MTB / RIF method and the Hain Lifesciences linear probe analysis, was used to diagnose MRTB. It was found that the pulmonary TB was by 4.

COMORBIDITIES AT THE TUBERCULOSIS AMONG CHILDREN.

Objective: The aim: To study the structure of clinical forms of tuberculosis (TB) which are combined with the comorbidities, to prevent the development, and to improve the diagnostics of TB among children with nonspecific diseases.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: A retrospective, selective research of 330 cards of children for the age group from 0 to 15 years old who were treated on local forms of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB in a specialized pediatric department for the last 30 years was conducted.

Results: Results: Among 92.