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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (9): 1021-1024.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2019.09.020

• Review Articles • Previous Articles    

Progression of preventive treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in close contacts of patients with tuberculosis

Zhe-wen REN,Jun CHENG,Cai-hong XU,Hui ZHANG()   

  1. National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2019-08-12 Online:2019-09-10 Published:2019-09-06
  • Contact: Hui ZHANG E-mail:zhanghui@chinacdc.cn

Abstract:

Close contacts of tuberculosis patients is one of the high-risk groups for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and active tuberculosis. Preventive treatment of close contacts with latent infection can decrease the incidence of tuberculosis. This study discusses the current researches on preventive treatment in close contacts with latent tuberculosis infection to clarify the research progress and existing problems of preventive treatment in this group, and to provide suggestions for further researches and explorations in the future.

Key words: Tuberculosis,pulmonary, Contact tracing, Latent tuberculosis, Antibiotic prophylaxis, Review literature as topic, Preventive treatment