An Epidemic of Tuberculosis in a Manufacturing Workshop

某製造工場における結核集団発生の1事例

An Epidemic of Tuberculosis in a Manufacturing Workshop

Creators Kawamoto Toshihiro

Creators Hobara Tatsuya

Creators Kobayashi Haruo

Creators Iwamoto Susumu

Creators Higashihara Eiji

Creators Sakai Tsunemi

Creators Yunokawa Toshitaka

Creators Hirota Seiro

Creators Fujimura Kazuaki

Creators Yoshikawa Naotaka

Creators Ishida Koichi

Creators Hiraga Takashi

There was an epidemic of 8 cases of tuberculosis in a manufacturing workshop. The outlines of its outbreak are as follows. In August '80, a mechanician aged 24 consulted the doctor complaining of prolonged cough for three months. He was diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis and was forced to enter the National Sanyoso Chest Hospital. A few days later, a needle worker aged 25, his fiancee, entered the same hospital also diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis. They were received chemotherapy in hospital for six months and came back to thier former positions. In Octorber '81, 6 cases of tuberculosis were detected by the mass examination, composed of a male and five females. Recently in Japan, people become more and more careless about tuberculosis, as the infectious disease has less spread. This report of the epidemic of tuberculosis may be a warning signal in such a surrounding.

[ISSN]0513-1731

[NCID]AN00243156