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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ›› 2021, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (4): 361-365.doi: 10.19983/j.issn.2096-8493.20210141

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Advances about screening and preventive treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis latent infection in students

YANG Kui, CHEN Wei()   

  1. National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2021-11-03 Online:2021-12-30 Published:2022-01-06
  • Contact: CHEN Wei E-mail:chenwei@chinacdc.cn

Abstract:

About a quarter of the whole population were infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis worldwide, of which about 5%-10% will develop into tuberculosis patients. Students with pulmonary tuberculosis in the schools, were prone to cause cluster diseases. Implementing active screening, preventive treatment and other intervention measures in advance were significantly to reduce the secondary cases and the spread of tuberculosis in schools. This article summarized the epidemic status of latent tuberculosis infection of the students in schools, analyzed the testing results of different screening methods, and summarized the objective, treatment scheme, treatment outcome, side effect and feasibility of preventive treatment for students with latent tuberculosis infection, aiming to provide policy suggestion for the prevention and control of the latent infection of students in schools.

Key words: Students, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Latent tuberculosis, Protective agents