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[原著]Group infection of tuberculosis on a school campus and prompt control actions taken by the local health center
Hokama, Seitetsu
Hirata, Hisao
Kinjoh, Masako
Kuba, Mutsuo
Adaniya, Shigeo
Nakamura, Yoshihiko
Tuberculosis
Group infection
Control action
Recent trend in the incidence of tubeculosis in Japan shows a decline, but reports of occasional outbreaks of the disease in a form of group infection has become a matter of concern. We report on a prompt action taken by a local health center to prevent the spread of tuberculosis in a high school. Following the detection of the first case of a seventeen-year old male high school student, the tuberculosis control team in a local health center carried out purified protein derivative (PPD) tests in the school and on family members of the patient leading to the identification of four more infected students. PPD tests were peformed on 664 students in the school. A definite difference in the mode of PPD reaction was recognized between individuals with closer contact with the patients (high risk group) and the non-high risk group with less opportunity to associate with them. It is recommended that individuals who gave strong reactions for PPD tests must be put on prophylactic chemotherapy to avert full-blown infection and spread of the diseas.
論文
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
琉球医学会
Ryukyu Medical Association
1995
VoR
1346888X
0289-1530
AN10369445
琉球医学会誌 = Ryukyu Medical Journal
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15
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eng
open access
琉球医学会