[Detection of tuberculosis in Moscow adolescents]

Retrospective analysis of the data available in the reporting form 0-89/y-[cyrillic letter: see text] and information analytical tables for Moscow tuberculosis monitoring) over 7 years on all notified new cases of tuberculosis among 15-17-year-old children has indicated that it is necessary to change the procedure for detecting tuberculosis for this age group of children in order to improve the early diagnosis of the disease. The Mantoux test is likely to be rather effective in examining adolescent schoolchildren and students from secondary specialized establishments and ineffective among unorganized young people and in migrants' families. Planned fluorography is of rather informative value in all the groups under study if there is a timely referral for examination. The authors consider whether it is worth making a tuberculosis 2 TE PPD-L in organized collective bodies (schools, colleges, etc.). Other groups of children may undergo only digital small-dose fluorography. Unorganized children above 10 years of age who lack annual Mantoux test results must be referred for digital small-dose fluorography. Refusal to undergo fluorography is justifiable only if there is no tuberculin sensitivity or evident symptoms of intoxication. In the megapolis, due to uncontrolled migration, a lawmaker must consolidate the statute on that mandatory control should be exercised over 15-17-year-old adolescents who must undergo fluorography during their each visit to a health care facility, on entering an educational establishment, or on employment. On consulting a physician, the adolescent who has undergone fluorography 6 months before must have it again.