EFFECTED ON DETECTING TUBERCULOSIS CASES WITH DIFFERENT WAYS OF TUBER-CULOSIS-CASE-FINDING

[Objective]To analyze the function of the five different methods in tuberculosis-case-finding.[Methods] The data from the tuberculosis suspect cases and the active tuberculosis cases,which registered in the out-patient department of Tianjin Tuberculosis Control Center during 2001 to 2004 was collected for review research.[Results]Based on the way of transferring,3 603 tuberculosis suspect cases and 1 381 active pulmonary tuberculosis cases were detected during the four years,and the proportion was 57.95%and 69.05%respectively.The identification rate of transferring was 38.33%.By the symp-toms of pulmonary tuberculosis,446 active pulmonary tuberculosis cases were detected in 1863 tuberculosis suspect cases,and its proportion of discovering tuberculosis patients raised from 17.84%to 26.14%during the 4 years.The identification rate of tu-berculosis patients was 41.39%in the health-check-up groups and 3.70%in tuberculosis contacts.[Conclusion]The best way for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis cases is transferring,but the identification rate of transferring needs to be raised.Health e-ducation becomes more and more important in cases discovery,and it is also significant to identify pulmonary tuberculosis by different ways.