Analysis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Screening Results of Freshmen in Ningde in 2023
Chen Zhijian
Wu Fenxia
Abstract：OBJECTIVE Through the physical examination of freshmen in Ningde of Fujian Province in 2023,it carried out tuberculosis screening to understand the infection and prevalence of tuberculosis among freshmen,so as to provide scientific reference for relevant departments to carry out school prevention and control of tuberculosis.METHODS From August to October 2023,select new students enrolled in Ningde of Fujian in 2023,and conduct pulmonary tuberculosis screening according to different categories of new students,such as kindergarten,primary school,junior high school,high school(vocational school and vocational high school),and university.The screening items mainly include consultation screening for suspicious symptoms and close contact history,tuberculin/antigen skin test,X-ray chest X-ray examination,etc.RESULTS In 2023,a total of 138423 new students from 757 schools in Ningde were screened for tuberculosis,with a screening rate of 99.69%.Among them,111 had suspicious symptoms of tuberculosis and 160 had a history of close contact with active tuberculosis patients.There were 21284 people who conducted tuberculin/antigen skin tests.The positive detection rates of skin tests for middle and high school freshmen were 2.27%and 3.47%,and the strong positive detection rates were 0.68%and 1.16%,respectively.A total of 12007 people underwent chest X-ray examinations,and 4 people(3 in high school and 1 in college)were found to have active pulmonary tuberculosis.The detection rates of active pulmonary tuberculosis among high school and college freshmen were 1.35/104 and 1.94/104,respectively.The total detection rate of active pulmonary tuberculosis among newly enrolled students is 0.29/104.CONCLUSION Relevant departments should strengthen the health education on tuberculosis prevention and control among all teachers and students of the school,do a good job in the daily morning and afternoon examination system and symptom monitoring,and remind students with suspected symptoms of tuberculosis to seek medical treatment and screening as soon as possible to facilitate early detection,early treatment and early prevention.
Keywords：tuberculosisenrolled freshmenscreening
Publication Date：2024-09-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 56-58 )