TUBERCULOSIS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
The article presents the clinical and epidemiological data on tuberculosis meningitis among children in Astrakhan Region. It was found out that among those cases 77.8% were children under 7 years old exposed to tuberculosis in their families, meningitis developed against the background of active res...
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| author | G. A. Kharchenko O. G. Kimirilova O. N. Chabanova |
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| description | The article presents the clinical and epidemiological data on tuberculosis meningitis among children in Astrakhan Region. It was found out that among those cases 77.8% were children under 7 years old exposed to tuberculosis in their families, meningitis developed against the background of active respiratory tuberculosis and only 17.4% had post-vaccinal scar out of 85.2% who had BCG vaccination. There were two clinical forms of tuberculosis meningitis: basilar form in 59.2% and meningoencephalitis in 40.8% of patients. Late diagnostics and untimely start of treatment were observed in 88.9% of patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b59e741d16f24e02b84df518f20d14ef2025-08-20T01:47:52ZrusNew Terra Publishing HouseТуберкулез и болезни лёгких2075-12302542-15062017-01-01951475010.21292/2075-1230-2017-95-1-47-50966TUBERCULOSIS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTSG. A. Kharchenko0O. G. Kimirilova1O. N. Chabanova2Astrakhan State Medical UniversityAstrakhan State Medical UniversityAstrakhan State Medical UniversityThe article presents the clinical and epidemiological data on tuberculosis meningitis among children in Astrakhan Region. It was found out that among those cases 77.8% were children under 7 years old exposed to tuberculosis in their families, meningitis developed against the background of active respiratory tuberculosis and only 17.4% had post-vaccinal scar out of 85.2% who had BCG vaccination. There were two clinical forms of tuberculosis meningitis: basilar form in 59.2% and meningoencephalitis in 40.8% of patients. Late diagnostics and untimely start of treatment were observed in 88.9% of patients.https://www.tibl-journal.com/jour/article/view/966tuberculosis meningitisepidemiologysymptomschildren |
| spellingShingle | G. A. Kharchenko O. G. Kimirilova O. N. Chabanova TUBERCULOSIS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Туберкулез и болезни лёгких tuberculosis meningitis epidemiology symptoms children |
| title | TUBERCULOSIS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS |
| title_full | TUBERCULOSIS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS |
| title_fullStr | TUBERCULOSIS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS |
| title_full_unstemmed | TUBERCULOSIS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS |
| title_short | TUBERCULOSIS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS |
| title_sort | tuberculosis meningitis in children and adolescents |
| topic | tuberculosis meningitis epidemiology symptoms children |
| url | https://www.tibl-journal.com/jour/article/view/966 |
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