Be healthy! The doctor explained why vaccinated children should be tested for tuberculosis. Vaccination with BCG (bacillus clematis-green) protects against serious complications, but does not eliminate the risk of infection. Ekaterina Lebedev, a tuberculosis doctor at the Moscow Regional Clinical Tuberculosis Hospital, told the editors of aif.ru why children need regular examinations and how to identify a hidden threat. She also gave recommendations for the prevention of the disease: - regular immunodiagnostics; - Timely examination of children who were in contact with a patient with an infectious form of tuberculosis. read more

Be healthy! The doctor explained why vaccinated children should be tested for tuberculosis. Vaccination with BCG (bacillus clematis-green) protects against serious complications, but does not eliminate the risk of infection. Ekaterina Lebedev, a tuberculosis doctor at the Moscow Regional Clinical Tuberculosis Hospital, told the editors of aif.ru why children need regular examinations and how to identify a hidden threat. She also gave recommendations for the prevention of the disease: - regular immunodiagnostics; - Timely examination of children who were in contact with a patient with an infectious form of tuberculosis. read more