Schaaf H S, Donald P R, Scott F
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Hospital, Republic of South Africa.
J Trop Pediatr. 1991 Oct;37(5):223-5. doi: 10.1093/tropej/37.5.223.
Routine chest radiography of the mothers of 163 children investigated for possible tuberculosis accompanied by sputum culture from those mothers with suspicious chest radiographs identified active pulmonary tuberculosis in 12 (10 per cent) of the mothers of the 117 children with probable (49 cases) and confirmed (68 cases) tuberculosis. All but one of the cases of active maternal tuberculosis were identified in the mothers of children less than 1 1/2 years of age. Chest radiography of the mothers of children less than 1 1/2 years of age will aid the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the child and expedite the reduction of the infectious pool of active pulmonary tuberculosis cases in adults in the community.
对163名因可能患有结核病而接受调查的儿童的母亲进行常规胸部X光检查，并对胸部X光检查结果可疑的母亲进行痰培养，结果在117名可能患有（49例）和确诊患有（68例）结核病的儿童的母亲中，有12名（10%）被查出患有活动性肺结核。除1例之外，所有母亲活动性肺结核病例均在1岁半以下儿童的母亲中被发现。对1岁半以下儿童的母亲进行胸部X光检查，将有助于儿童结核病的诊断，并加快社区中成人活动性肺结核病例感染源的减少。
