[The role of tuberculin test and fluoroscopy in detecting intra- thoracic tuberculosis in children and adolescents living in the rural area with high incidence of tuberculosis].

The analysis of 91 case records of children and adolescents living in rural area with a high incidence of tuberculosis was made. These patients were detected through screening and by means of tuberculin diagnosis and fluorography carried out by a team of health workers on a case-finding mission. The organization of work with due regard for the local conditions makes it possible to use the above methods for an early detection of the given disease; to assess the results obtained from the very beginning of their combined and parallel application; to practice fluorography from the age of 7; to exercise a differentiated approach to an additional examination depending on the distance between the population area and regional center; and optimize health record handling.