[Interpretation of complex cohort assessment of the results of tuberculin diagnosis].
Tuberculin tests were assessed from the results of a planned Mantoux test with 2 TE, which were presented in the annual reports over the past years (2000-2006 and 2001-2006). Cohorts of children born in 1999 and 2000 who were in 2006, 7 and 6 years, respectively, were formed. This made it possible to monitor the time course of changes in tuberculin tests, postvaccinal allergy (PVA), primary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (PMBTI) and MBT infection. A cohort study of the results of tuberculin diagnosis has indicated that annual underestimation of children with PVA results in an increase in the rates of PMBTI. The authors prove that the rates of PMBTI and MBT infections in children incur a large proportion of errors therefore they should be used in the assessment of the tuberculosis epidemic situation with great caution.
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*