High incidence of primary tuberculosis.
An usually high rate of both tuberculosis infection and active disease is reported in 11 of 38 nursery children in contact with a case of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis, emphasising the susceptibility of young children to this disease. This report also underlines some important principles in case finding and disease control.
Milburn
H J
HJ
Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Trust, Chest Clinic, Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Street, London SE1 9RT, UK. heather.milburn@gstt.sthames.nhs.uk
Gibilaro
J
J
Atkinson
H
H
Heathcock
R
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012578:Schools, Nursery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D001500:BCG Vaccine