Reasons for late diagnostics of tuberculosis in adolescents

In total the authors reviewed 83 patient records: disease development anamnesis, results of the standard clinical, radiological and laboratory examinations.  Tuberculosis in adolescents  found during routine examination is characterized by a high epidemic risk (45% of patients were sputum positive), severe clinical forms of the disease with the pronounced residual abnormalities and therefore need of surgical treatments. Patients with the clinical signs of pulmonary disease (pneumonia, bronchitis, recurrent acute respiratory infections) belong to the risk group requiring evaluation for tuberculosis including with the use of immunological skin tests.