[Tuberculosis in children].

Newly registered active tuberculosis in children is under 300 persons a year in Japan, now. In order to lessen further and exterminate childhood tuberculosis in near future, physician have to make effort to find the infected children by good-timing thorough surveillance when he find an adult tuberculosis patient. Chemoprophylaxis could prevent the infected children from progressing to active disease. BCG vaccination in infantile period is still important in Japan, especially to protect young children from disseminated tuberculosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis in children is successfully treated with 6 months standard multi-drugs therapy.