关键词: 结核, 肺/预防和控制, 信息管理

Abstract: Objective  To understand the situation of information management for patients who entered China after they were notified as pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) by medical institutions outside China, and to provide evidences for strengthening TB control among immigration in China.  Methods Using a quantitative descriptive analysis method, we analyzed the information and data of 178 PTB patients which were provided by the health institutions outside China from 1^st July 2007 to 31^st December 2013, including the countries where the patients were notified and reported, the provinces that the patients stayed after they entered China, as well as the results of patients tracing, treatment management and information feedback.  Results Among 178 reported PTB cases, 14.6% (26/178) of them were multidrug-resistance PTB and 83.7%(149/178) of the total patients were reported by the health institutions in United States, China Taiwan and Canada, which ranked as the top three counties in terms of the number of reported PTB cases. After the patients entered China, they mainly lived in the eastern part of China, such as Guangdong, Fujian, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Beijing, etc., which accounted for 65.2% (116/178) of total patients. 61.8% (110/178) of reported patients were successfully reached by tracing of the local TB dispensaries, while 14.0% (25/178) of patients could not be contacted due to insufficient or incorrect contact information. The percen-tages of the patients that no any feedback information was received from the local TB institutions were 20.7% (24/116), 36.1% (13/36) and 27.8% (5/18) respectively in the eastern, middle and western areas of China.  Conclusion There is a risk of TB/MDR-TB transmission in China due to the entry of PTB patients, and the eastern part of China should be more concerned. Effective and tailored measures should be adopted to strengthen the information management for notified PTB cases once they enter the country.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary/prevention &, control, Information management