A PREVENTIVE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT WITH A HIGH RISK FOR TUBERCULOSES

The aim of the work is to find an optimal combination of treatment-and-health-improving activities for the preventive treatment. There are four groups of children with the different levels of the risk: very high, high, medium and low. The most important factors of the morbidity are the following: a...

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Main Authors: L. V. Poddubnaya, T. A. Panina, V. I. Bardin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Siberian State Medical University (Tomsk) 2013-02-01
Series:Бюллетень сибирской медицины
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Online Access:https://bulletin.ssmu.ru/jour/article/view/58
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Summary:The aim of the work is to find an optimal combination of treatment-and-health-improving activities for the preventive treatment. There are four groups of children with the different levels of the risk: very high, high, medium and low. The most important factors of the morbidity are the following: a contact with a bacteria-excreting person and with MDR, social disadvantage, hyperergic reactions. An essential condition of an effective prevention is a realization of the treatment-and-health-improving activities for the strengthening of the resistance of the body for the tuberculosis infection. The chemoprophylaxis had been realizing for 3 or 6 months according to the following developed modes: “0A”, “0Б”, “0B”. Children from the family contact with MDR got isoniazid 15 mg/kg weight and ethambutol or pyrazinamide.
ISSN:1682-0363
1819-3684