Barry M A, Shirley L, Grady M T, Etkind S W, Almeida C, Bernardo J, Lamb G A
Community Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program, Boston Department of Health & Hospital, MA 02118.
Am J Public Health. 1990 Apr;80(4):439-41. doi: 10.2105/ajph.80.4.439.
In 1986-87 a pilot tuberculosis (TB) skin testing program was introduced for seventh and tenth grade students in the Boston (Massachusetts) public schools. The 8.9 percent tuberculin positivity rate in tenth grade students was significantly higher than the 5.1 percent rate found in seventh graders. A majority of those who were skin test positive were born outside the United States. These results suggest that tuberculin testing in an urban school setting may identify a significant number of candidates for TB preventive therapy, particularly among tenth grade students and those who are foreign-born.
1986 - 1987年,针对马萨诸塞州波士顿公立学校的七年级和十年级学生,推行了一项肺结核(TB)皮肤测试试点项目。十年级学生中结核菌素阳性率为8.9%,显著高于七年级学生的5.1%。皮肤测试呈阳性的学生中,大多数出生在美国境外。这些结果表明,在城市学校环境中进行结核菌素测试,可能会找出大量适合接受结核病预防性治疗的学生,尤其是十年级学生和出生在国外的学生。