CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING TUBERCULOSIS AND VIRAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDHOOD

Authors

  • Elena Ariela BANU “Dunărea de Jos” University Galaţi / Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
  • Roxana Elena BOGDAN GOROFTEI “Dunărea de Jos” University Galaţi / Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
  • Carmen BACIU “Dunărea de Jos” University Galaţi / Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
  • G. BACIU “Dunărea de Jos” University Galaţi / Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
  • B.M. BOGDAN “Dunărea de Jos” University Galaţi / Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
  • A.P. BACIU “Dunărea de Jos” University Galaţi / Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a major public health problem worldwide, with mortality rates that have not decreased significantly in many regions. Aim: to evidence a correlation between antecedents of varicella and other infectious diseases caused by viruses in childhood and the subsequent diagnosis of tuberculosis in children and young adults. Materials and methods: a descriptive study was conducted on a group of 507 children and young adults, hospitalized for a period of 5 years, in a pneumology hospital from Eastern Romania. Results: The frequency ratio indicated a predominance of females (53.8%), from the urban environment (52%), mean age = 11.40 years, close to the median value. Infectious diseases were identified in 38.7% of patients. The most common infections were varicella (28.8% of total; 44.5% aged 8-14 years, p=0.004) and mumps (15.4% of total; 52.6% aged 15-23 years, p=0.001), but rubella (4.7%) and measles (4.1%) in antecedents were also identified. Conclusions: Our study highlighted the hypothesis that, by frequency, infectious diseases in antecedents, especially varicella, could predispose to a later TB infection, in children aged of 8-14 years.

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2023-12-21

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Vol. 127 No. 4 (2023): The Medical-Surgical Journal

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