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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 128-134.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2018.02.003

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Changes of pediatric tuberculosis control and prevention strategies

Lin SUN,A-dong SHEN()   

  1. Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children and National Key Discipline of Pediatrics (Capital Medical University), Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Respiratory Infection Diseases, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China
  • Received:2017-11-16 Online:2018-02-10 Published:2018-03-14

Abstract:

In response to the current situation of pediatric tuberculosis (TB), a series of guidelines and re-commendations have been published by World Health Organization (WHO) and Ministry of Health in various countries, which provide important guidance to regulate the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and management of pedia-tric TB. The management of children with TB is an important aspect of global TB control. The summary of pediatric TB teased from the publications of WHO since DOTS strategy proposed in 1991, including 4 guidelines, 10 recommendations, 2 statements, 2 handbooks, 2 roadmaps and 1 review, is useful to understand the changes in the prevention and control strategies for children with TB, promote the early diagnosis and treatment, solve current problems, and facilitate the popularization of the guidelines.

Key words: Child, Tuberculosis, Guidebooks, Diagnosis, Universal precautions, Therapeutic uses