Volume 17, Number 3—March 2011
Dispatch
Tuberculosis in Kindergarten and Primary School, Italy, 2008–2009
Antonietta Filia
, Giuseppe Ciarrocchi, Rossana Belfiglio, Monaldo Caferri, Antonino Bella, Claudio Piersimoni, Daniela Cirillo, Gualtiero Grilli, Cristina Mancini, and Donato Greco
, Giuseppe Ciarrocchi, Rossana Belfiglio, Monaldo Caferri, Antonino Bella, Claudio Piersimoni, Daniela Cirillo, Gualtiero Grilli, Cristina Mancini, and Donato Greco
Table 1
Results of initial and follow-up screening for tuberculosis, Italy, 2008–2009*
| Persons screened by TST or chest radiograph | No. tested | Median age, y (range) | TST induration >5 mm,
no. positive/no. tested (%) |
No. positive/no. with negative TST result at initial screening (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial screening | Follow-up testing | ||||
| Schoolchildren | 388 | 6 (2–11) | 53/383 (13.8) | 9/320 (2.8) | 320/330 (97.0) |
| School staff | 77 | 45 (24–60) | 15/71 (21.1) | 7/53 (13.2) | 53/56 (94.6) |
| Family contacts† | 207 | 37 (1–89) | 35/203 (17.2) | 10/90 (11.1) | 90/168 (53.6) |
| Casual contacts |
179 |
29 (2–66) |
18/173 (10.4) |
4/106 (3.8) |
106/155 (68.4) |
| Total | 851 | 8 (1–89) | 121/830 (14.6) | 30/569 (5.3) | 569/709 (80.2) |
*All categories are mutually exclusive. TST, tuberculin skin test.
†Household and immediate family members of children with positive skin test results. Does not include family contacts of the source case-patient.
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