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Research Articles Issue 1 · 2019 · pp. 213–218 · Issue page

COMPLICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THE INFANT

RA
Ramona-Mihaela NEDELCUŢĂ1
GI
Gigi CĂLIN2
CO
Cosmin Alexandru CIORA3
VL
Vlad BĂLEANU4
TI
Tiberiu Ştefăniţă ŢENEA-COJAN5
DR
Dragos DAVIȚOIU6
1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Pediatrics Department, 2 Petru Rares Str., 200349, Craiova, Romania
2 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Pediatrics Department, 2 Petru Rares Str., 200349, Craiova, Romania
3 “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
4 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
5 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
6 Sf. Pantelimon" Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 29 March 2026
Available Online 15 March 2019
Abstract
TUBERCULOSIS IS A DISEASE PRESENT IN A LEADING POSITION IN WHO ANNUAL STATISTICS. INFANT AGE IS SPECIAL IN TERMS OF SOMATIC EVOLUTION AND ANTI-INFECTIOUS DEFENCE. THE INFECTIONS MAY HAVE SEVERE PATTERN, AS LONG AS THE DISSEMINATIONS ARE MORE FREQUENT IN THE CHILD THAN IN OTHER AGES. THE CASE PRESENTED REFLECTS A MAJOR COMPLICATION OF PULMONARY TB, THE OCCURRENCE OF NEUROLOGICAL DETERMINATIONS BEING A PECULIARITY OF SMALL AGE. THE RISK OF CHIMIORESISTANCE INDICATES POLICHIMIOTHERAPY IN TRIPLE OR QUADRUPLE ASSOCIATION FOR 9 MONTHS, WITH CEREBRAL EDEMA BEING TREATED IN TURN. THE ANAMNESIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE DISCOVERY OF POSSIBLE INFECTION WITH THE BK BOVIUM FORM, THE RECOVERY OF THE INFECTIOUS OUTBREAK HAVING THE SAME IMPORTANCE AS THE CORRECT TREATMENT OF THE DISEASE.
Keywords
TUBERCULOSIS NEUROLOGICAL AFFECTION.
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