[Post-tuberculosis changes in the lung and tuberculin sensitivity in risk group adults]

There was a consecutive reduction in the incidence of residual changes in the lung and tuberculin hypersensitivity, which coincides with the periods of using different BCG vaccination methods in adults at risk for tuberculosis. In persons who were born in 1961-1962 or later when intracutaneous administration was used, these figures were 3.4 and 3.9 times lower than in those born before 1961-1962. The incidence of residual changes, tuberculin sensitivity in adult examinees were greater than the similar parameters in the general population. To detect and to follow up persons of these groups are pressing for stabilization of the epidemiology of tuberculosis.