CHILDHOOD TUBERCULOSIS IN LEEDS, 1982-90 - SOCIAL AND ETHNIC FACTORS AND THE ROLE OF THE CONTACT CLINIC IN DIAGNOSIS

Authors
GOLDMAN JM TEALE C CUNDALL DB PEARSON SB
Citation
Jm. Goldman et al., CHILDHOOD TUBERCULOSIS IN LEEDS, 1982-90 - SOCIAL AND ETHNIC FACTORS AND THE ROLE OF THE CONTACT CLINIC IN DIAGNOSIS, Thorax, 49(2), 1994, pp. 184-185
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Thorax → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406376
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
184 - 185
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6376(1994)49:2<184:CTIL1->2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A retrospective analysis of childhood tuberculosis in Leeds over a nin e year period (1982-90) was performed which showed that the contact cl inic is important for the early detection and treatment of disease in children. Two thirds of the cases of tuberculosis in children under 15 years were diagnosed and treated at the clinic. The incidence of tube rculosis was greater in Asian than in white children and, independent of race, was greater in the most deprived area of the city.