[New approaches to diagnosis and prevention of childhood tuberculosis].
The concept that tuberculosis is a disappearing disease has turned out to be untrue not only for Russia, but also for many countries of the world. The last good year was, in terms of tuberculosis morbidity among the children of Vladivostok, 1992 (15.5 per 100,000 children). In the past years, the morbidity has substantially increased. The basic method for detecting tuberculosis is tuberculin diagnosis in children and fluorography in adolescents. Nonspecific vaccinations were found to affect the inversion of early negative results to questionable results. To cover the maximum number of children with revaccinations I and II, it is advisable to repeat the tuberculin test following 3-6 months in case of questionable Mantoux test with 2 TE in the decreed period in previously non-infected persons.
Fletcher
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IN
Zheburtovich
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NV
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*