[Comparative study on efficacy of regimens including streptomycin or ethambutol].

Objective: To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of regimens of 2E3H3R3Z3/4H3R3(EMB regimen) and 2S3H3R3Z3/4H3R3(SM regimen) in tuberculosis control program.

Method: Retrospective, cross-sectional and prospective studies were carried out in Shijiazhuang city, Hebei province from January 1994 to June 1996.

Result: There was no significant difference between the two regimens in efficacy, relapse rate and full course supervision.

[Evaluation of different methods of detection and diagnosis for infectious pulmonary tuberculosis].

Objective: To evaluate the compare the efficiency and benefit of fluoroscopy and direct sputum examination.

Method: The suspected persons with pulmonary tuberculosis symptoms were enrolled to be examined with fluoroscopy, chest radiography, sputum smear and culture.

Result: The diagnostic procedure used by World Bank-loaned Tuberculosis Control Project in China is based on fluoroscopy screening.

[Implementation of national tuberculosis control programme--focus on registration, case-management and treatment].

The results of three nationwide epidemiological surveys on tuberculosis showed the declination of the magnitude of tuberculosis from 1979 to 1990 was slower. The case registration rates and new case registration rates within ten years (1982-1991) were gradually increasing year by year and came to a climax in 1988. The fact indicated the improvement of case-finding and case registration.

[Evaluation of BCG vaccination programme based on results of the Third Nationwide Tuberculosis Survey].

Evaluation of BCG vaccination programme had been carried out by means of re-analyzing the results of the Third Nationwide Random Sampling Survey for Epidemiology of Tuberculosis conducted in 1990. The BCG vaccination coverage among children under 4 years was 65.0% in 1990.