Document 0874
 DOCN  M9590874
 TI    [The incidence and mortality of tuberculosis in children in Romania in
       recent years]
 DT    9509
 AU    Didilescu D; Marica C; Jalba M; Institutul de Pneumoftiziologie Marius
       Nasta, Bucuresti.
 SO    Pneumoftiziologia. 1994 Jul-Dec;43(3-4):185-8. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/95284585
 AB    The incidence and mortality by tuberculosis in children vary in
       connection with the tuberculosis in adults. The incidence by
       tuberculosis in children decreased from 300-313/1000 in 1955-1960 at
       7-8%000 in 1985. After the year 1985 the risk of tuberculosis in
       children had a very clear tendency to increase, from 7.4%000 in 1986 at
       12.7% in 1990 and to a maximum of 20.7%000 in 1993, an equal level to
       that from 17 years ago. Mainly, this increase is due to the
       deterioration of the living conditions of the population from the period
       1980-1989, continued thereafter too, to the great number of cases of
       AIDS [correction of SIDA] recorded in children in Romania, that,
       associated to the high yearly risk of tuberculous infection, facilitated
       the appearance of new cases of infection HIV/AIDS [correction of SIDA] +
       tuberculosis. The most exposed to tuberculosis is the group of age 0-4
       years. In the last years the percentage of the extrarespiratory settings
       of tuberculosis was of about 18%, and the percentage of severe cases was
       about 11% from the incidence. The mortality by tuberculosis in children
       increased from 4.5%000 in 1986 at 10.0%000 in 1993, but its lethality
       remained negligible.
 DE    Age Distribution  AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Child  Child, Preschool  English Abstract  Human  HIV-1  Incidence
       Infant  Infant, Newborn  Romania/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Tuberculosis/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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