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[Pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents with hyperergic tuberculin susceptibility: clinical and X-ray characteristics and methods of detection]. 2009

I K Kuz'mina, and M F Gubkina

The clinical characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis and its detection methods were studied in patients with hyperergic (Group 1, n = 84) and another (Group 2, n = 75) tuberculin susceptibility. The groups were identical in clinical, X-ray, and laboratory characteristics. The major clinical forms were infiltrative (35.2%) and thoracic lymphatic tuberculosis (34%). Mass tuberculin diagnosis revealed 64.7% of children with hyperergic susceptibility, which confirms the topicality of this technique in the early detection of tuberculosis in children. This technique was realized in adolescents with hyperergic susceptibility to a lesser degree (12.1%). Overall, 55.9% of patients with hyperergic tuberculin susceptibility (mainly adolescents) were identified by X-ray studies performed routinely and if there were clinical indications. In these cases, individual tuberculin diagnosis was used when X-ray changes were found.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006967	Hypersensitivity	Altered reactivity to an antigen, which can result in pathologic reactions upon subsequent exposure to that particular antigen.	Allergy,Allergic Reaction,Allergic Reactions,Allergies,Hypersensitivities,Reaction, Allergic,Reactions, Allergic
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005471	Fluoroscopy	Production of an image when x-rays strike a fluorescent screen.	Fluoroscopies
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000367	Age Factors	Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.	Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D013902	Radiography, Thoracic	X-ray visualization of the chest and organs of the thoracic cavity. It is not restricted to visualization of the lungs.	Thoracic Radiography,Radiographies, Thoracic,Thoracic Radiographies
D013997	Time Factors	Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.	Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor
D014373	Tuberculin	A protein extracted from boiled culture of tubercle bacilli (MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS). It is used in the tuberculin skin test (TUBERCULIN TEST) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in asymptomatic persons.	PPD,PPD-B,PPD-CG,PPD-F,PPD-L,PPD-S,Purified Protein Derivative of Tuberculin,PPD B,PPD CG,PPD F,PPD L