COMPLICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THE INFANT
COMPLICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THE INFANT

Summary/Abstract: TUBERCULOSIS IS A DISEASE PRESENT IN A LEADING POSITION IN WHO ANNUAL STATISTICS. INFANT AGE IS SPECIAL IN TERMS OF SOMATIC EVOLUTION AND ANTI-INFECTIOUS DEFENCE.THE INFECTIONS MAY HAVE SEVERE PATTERN; AS LONG AS THE DISSEMINATIONS ARE MORE FREQUENT IN THE CHILD THAN IN OTHER AGES.THE CASE PRESENTED REFLECTS A MAJOR COMPLICATION OF PULMONARY TB; THE OCCURRENCE OF NEUROLOGICAL DETERMINATIONS BEING A PECULIARITY OF SMALL AGE.THE RISK OF CHIMIORESISTANCE INDICATES POLICHIMIOTHERAPY IN TRIPLE OR QUADRUPLE ASSOCIATION FOR 9 MONTHS; WITH CEREBRAL EDEMA BEING TREATED IN TURN.THE ANAMNESIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE DISCOVERY OF POSSIBLE INFECTION WITH THE BK BOVIUM FORM; THE RECOVERY OF THE INFECTIOUS OUTBREAK HAVING THE SAME IMPORTANCE AS THE CORRECT TREATMENT OF THE DISEASE

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