Chaudhuri N, Shaw B P
Department of Paediatrics, Burdwan Medical College & Hospitals.
Indian J Public Health. 1993 Apr-Jun;37(2):37-41.
Total 240 cases of 2-12 years age group who had contact of tuberculosis indirectly or directly and had chronic illness were screened for tuberculosis. Out of 240 cases, 180 cases were diagnosed as tuberculosis. Special emphasis was given on Mantoux Test (M.T.), though the battery of tests were done to diagnose tuberculosis. Out of 180 cases of Tuberculosis, M.T. was Positive in 97 cases (40.41%) and repeat M.T. was done after 3 weeks and was converted to Positive in 20 cases (8.33%). Thus only M.T. help in diagnosis of Tuberculosis in almost 50% of the cases.
对240例年龄在2至12岁、曾直接或间接接触过结核病且患有慢性病的儿童进行了结核病筛查。在这240例病例中，有180例被诊断为结核病。尽管进行了一系列检查来诊断结核病，但特别强调了结核菌素试验（M.T.）。在180例结核病病例中，结核菌素试验呈阳性的有97例（40.41%），3周后进行了重复结核菌素试验，其中20例（8.33%）转为阳性。因此，仅结核菌素试验在近50%的病例中有助于结核病的诊断。
