Actual trends in tuberculosis in childhood and adolescence

Abstract

The article is focused on epidemiology, diagnostics and treatment of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in childhood and adolescence. More closely is focused in cervical lymphadenitis due to Mycobacterium avium.

There is subsection dedicated to pediatric practitioners and their role in the field of children tuberculosis.

Keywords

• tuberculosis (TB)
• nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Mycobacteriumavium
• antituberculotics