Abstract:

To achieve the goals of the End Tuberculosis Strategy, stronger measures are urgently needed to improve the detection and treatment of tuberculosis, and active screening is an important part of achieving the goals to ensure early diagnosis of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis Control Branch and Elderly Tuberculosis Control Branch of Chinese Antituberculosis Association, and Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis organized experts to develop the Chinese guidelines for active screening of pulmonary tuberculosis in communities based on the evidence and recommendations of the latest World Health Organization guidelines in 2021. The guidelines also supplemented follow-up newly published literature and relevant literature and research evidence in China. The guidelines systematically summarized the characteristics of active screening techniques such as symptom screening, chest imaging and C-reactive protein, and proposed to conduct pulmonary tuberculosis active screening among close contacts of pulmonary tuberculosis patients, former tuberculosis patients, HIV/AIDS patients, the elderly, diabetic patients, and the general population in epidemic areas. It would provide a basis for the country and localities to improve and optimize the active tuberculosis screening strategy of key populations.

Key words: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Active screening, Community networks, Public health surveillance, Consensus development conferences as topic