Abstract:

With the development of global tuberculosis prevention and control strategy, continuous and in-depth research on screening and prevention of high-risk groups, and inactive pulmonary tuberculosis is as a high-risk group, more and more attention has been paid by the international community. However, diagnosis procedures and requirements of inactive tuberculosis is not clear, research on the development of inactive tuberculosis into active tuberculosis are insufficient, and no intervention measures on inactive tuberculosis have been taken into the high-risk population of tuberculosis in China.To strengthen the understanding to inactive pulmonary tuberculosis, standard the diagnostic method of inactive tuberculosis, formulate the prevention and cure measure of inactive tuberculosis to develop active tuberculosis. Thus, Chinese Antituberculosis Association organized experts in tuberculosis control, clinical, imaging and research fields to write the China’s Expert consensus on diagnosis of inactive pulmonary tuberculosis. This consensus puts forward the definition and diagnosis evidence of inactive tuberculosis, analyzes the risk of the occurrence of inactive tuberculosis, and puts forward the measures to prevent the occurrence of inactive tuberculosis, which provides reference for improving the prevention strategy and vaccine research of the high-risk population of tuberculosis in China.

Key words: Pulmonary tuberculosis, Inactivity, Diagnostic, Protective aents, Expert consensus