[Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in children]

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis morbidity in children of the Novosibirsk region for the period of 10 years was analysed on the basis of the materials presented by the regional antituberculosis center. It was found that 44 children has extrapulmonary tuberculosis which accounted for 17.9% of the total number of sick children and 5.7% of all extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients. Tuberculous lymphadenitis was diagnosed in 50% and bone-and-joint tuberculosis in 27.3% of cases; nephrotuberculosis occupied the third and ocular tuberculosis the fourth place; 20% of sick children were detected after their examination and 80% after surgery for other general diseases. Complications of the main process at the moment of application for help had 18.2% of children. The basic causes of later extrapulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in children is the absence of awareness for tuberculosis in the general practitioners and inadequate work carried out in tuberculosis infection foci.