Scopul acestui studiu a fost de a investiga particularităţile clinice şi radiologice a tuberculozei pulmonare cu procese extinse la adolescenţi. Prin examenul profi lactic au fost depistaţi 34% din pacienţi. Contact cu bolnavii de tuberculoză s-a constatat în 65,9% din cazuri. Formele secundare a bolii au fost diagnosticate în 100% din cazuri. Ambii plămîni au fost afectaţi la 53,2% de pacienţi. La 80,8% adolescenţi procesul a fost cu distrucţie a ţesutului pulmonar. TB pulmonară la adolescenţi are caracteristici similare cu TB la adulţi, care evidenţiază rolul important al adolescenţilor în transmiterea bolii în comunitate.

Particularities of pulmonary tuberculosis with extensive processes in adolescents The aim of this study was to investigate clinical and radiological particularities of pulmonary tuberculosis with extensive processes in adolescents. Prophylactic examinations revealed 34% of the patients. A history of contact with TB was found in 65.9%. Secondary forms of the disease were diagnosed in 100% of cases. Both lungs were affected in 53.2% of the patients. In 80.8 % of the adolescents, the process was accompanied by destructions. Pulmonary TB in adolescents has similar characteristics to TB in adults, evidencing the important role played by adolescents in community disease transmission.