Current aspects of tuberculosis infection in children in West Siberia

: The paper presents the epidemiological features of tuberculosis in children from West Siberia at the present stage. It covers the problems of primary its contamination and morbidity in children, including those at risk. An algorithm of a physician's efforts is proposed depending on the results of the Mantoux test with 2 TE (PPD-L) in children. The use of the algorithm is aimed at optimizing the joint activities of a pediatric service and a phthisiopediatric one.