Özet:

Severity forms of tuberculosis (TB) can be seen more frequent in chilhood. Therefore, preventive cases are important at children. Tuberculosis screening was made by The TB Control Eleventh Group Presidency on the primary school students at total seven schools in Diyarbak›r (three school located at centrum and four schools locate at villages), at November, 2005. Total 1181 children containing 681 from centrum and 500 from villageswere taken tis study. In the centrum children. 334 (49.1 %) were female and 347 (50.9 %) children were male and the mean age 6.99±0.97 (6-13) years. In the villages children, 277 (55.4 %) were female and 223'ü (44.6 %) children were male and the mean age 7.94±1.65 (5-13) years. It was found that the numbers of children that not made Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine were 360 (52.9 %) and 121 (24.2 %) at centrum and villages, respectively. The tuberculin skin test (TST) mean diameters were 1.35±1.8 mm, 3.5±4.15 mm and 10.33±2.96 mm at no BCG children, one BCG scar group and two BCG scar group, respectively. It was found that the TST mean diameter were 2.6±3.5 mm 2.8±3.7 mm and at children in centrum and villages, respectively. The diameter difference between centrum and villages was not found to be meaningful statistically in the no BCG group, two BCG scar group and all children (p>0.05). The diameter difference between centrum and villages was found to be meaningful statistically in the one BCG scar group (p<0.05). It was found that total 14 TST containing 12 no BCG group and 2 one BCG scar group were positive in all children. It was determinated that the vaccine rate was fairly low interestingly in the centrum. Increasingthe BCG vaccine number increased meaningfully the TST mean diameter. The vaccine rate must be increased because of it was found that increasing the BCG vaccine number increased meaningfully the TST mean diameter.

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