Tuberculosis--prevention. Diagnostic and therapeutic measures
Karrer, W.
Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis 79(21): 661
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 1013-2058 PMID: 2349424 Document Number: 363157
The most effective prevention of an infectious disease is the correct treatment of patients already affected. While dealing with infected tuberculosis patients one has to take hygienic measures in order to protect doctors and nursing staff as well as relatives. However, very often neither the source of infection nor other affected persons are known. Through careful examination of the environment such patients have to be defined and treated accordingly. Other possibilities of reducing the danger of infection are BCG-vaccination and serial examination of high risk groups (especially tuberculin skin test). For newly infected patients or patients with extended residues on x-ray, chemoprophylaxis is used.