The control of chronic infectious patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in a rural area of China.
The aim of this study was to reduce the prevalence of chronic infectious cases (CIC) in a rural area of China by fully supervised chemotherapy of newly diagnosed smear-positive cases and by reducing the number of existing old CIC through fully supervised retreatment. From 1980 to 1985, 83.3% of 1828 new, smear-positive cases were given fully supervised chemotherapy. In 1980, 95.2% of 565 old CIC started fully supervised retreatment. The prevalence of CIC had dropped from 40.5/100,000 in 1980 to 6.7/100,000 by the end of 1986.
Zhang
L X
LX
Beijing Tuberculosis Center, Xin-Jie-Kou, China.
Kan
G Q
GQ
Wu
J C
JC
Liu
C W
CW
Dai
Y S
YS
Sun
F X
FX
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002681:China; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012424:Rural Population; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents