Pediatricians should actively participate in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis among primary and middle school students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2019.09.004
- VernacularTitle: 儿科医师应积极参与中小学生结核病防治
- Author:
Hailin ZHANG
1
;
Gang YU
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatric Respiratory, the Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children′s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, Zhejiang Province, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Latent tuberculosis infection;
Tuberculosis;
School;
Student;
Diagnosis;
Treatment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2019;34(9):652-655
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
There is still much work to be done in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of tuberculosis among primary and middle schools and students.Medical institutions, especially the pediatricians, who can cooperate with Centers for Disease Control and education departments, should play a bigger role in propaganda of prevention knowledge in tuberculosis among primary and middle schools and students, tuberculosis screening, prophylactic treatment of latent tuberculosis infection, risk factors research and follow-up studies of tuberculosis.
