2024-01-17 01:34:26
Hunan Provincial Chest Hospital opens tuberculosis latent infection clinic – Health News Network – Health Portal {“id”:”492834″,”toptitle”:””,”toptitle_color”:””,”title”:”Hunan Provincial Chest Hospital The hospital opens a tuberculosis latent infection clinic”,”title_color”:””,”subtitle”:””,”subtitle_color”:””,”crtime”:”2024-01-17 09:34:26″,”condition”: “Source: Health News”,”thumb”: “”}News from this newspaper (Special Correspondent Yang Zhengqiang, Correspondent Zhao Fuming and Zhang Sulei)In order to prevent the occurrence of tuberculosis and provide patients with more professional and personalized services, Hunan Provincial Chest Hospital recently opened the first tuberculosis latent infection clinic in the province.
Li Shengluo, deputy director and chief physician of the Comprehensive Outpatient Department of Hunan Provincial Chest Hospital, said that about 5% of people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis will develop into active tuberculosis patients within a short period of time, and about 95% of infected people will have Mycobacterium tuberculosis enter long-term latent State, that is, latent tuberculosis infection, 5% to 10% of this group of people will develop active tuberculosis patients during their lifetime.
The tuberculosis latent infection clinic opened by Hunan Provincial Chest Hospital is staffed by hospital tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment experts, and focuses on providing outpatient services to the following high-risk groups: close contacts of etiologically positive tuberculosis patients (especially children under 5 years old), and those with a history of close contact with tuberculosis School teachers and students, patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection and AIDS, patients who need to use tumor necrosis factor treatment, long-term dialysis treatment, patients who are preparing for organ transplantation or bone marrow transplantation, patients who need long-term use of glucocorticoids or other immunosuppressants, the elderly , silicosis and diabetic patients, etc.
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