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Introduction: It is estimated that two to threemillion of people die from TBC every year, hundred thousand children out of that number. Problems dealing with TBC are multiplied withAIDS appearance, drug resistency, infections withmultiresistant tbc species, possible changebility ofvirulency. Eradication and decreased morbidity bythe end of 20th century is not realized.
Methods: Retrospective analysis of hospitalizedpatients in the period 1999-2003 and prospectivefollow up in the period 2004-January 2010. Distribution of patients is followed according to sex, age, contact with tbc, vaccinal status and clinicalfeatures.
Results: In this period, 39 children are treated, 24males (61,5%) and 15 females (38,5%). Data aboutcontact 31 (79,5%), no BCG scar 27 (69%). 22(56%) are diagnosed as primary TBC, in 4 (10,2%)patients Miliary TBC, in 6 (15,3%) TBC pleuritis, in 2 (5,1%) TBC meningitis, in 2 (5,1%) Phtisispulmonum and in 3 (7,6%) TBC meningitis. In 2004 we had last patient diagnosed as Miliary TBC.
Conclusion: We always have to consider TBC andin 21st century it is not “forgotten desease”.
According to fact that we have not had hard forms ofdeseases since 2004, could we hope to decreasedmorbidity in total population and reach the level ofmorbidity in developed countries?.
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Radulovic, S., Adăovic, O. & Mandić, N. 1308 Lung Tuberculosis in Children-Follow Up. Pediatr Res 68 (Suppl 1), 647 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-201011001-01308
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-201011001-01308