ABSTRACT
Objective@#To understand the active screening of tuberculosis in schools in Guizhou province and analyze the results to provide reference for the prevention and control of tuberculosis in schools in Guizhou province.@*Methods@#In 2017, the initiative screening and entrance examination were carried out among students in Guizhou in 2017, with "the provincial school tuberculosis screening questionnaire" issued by the provincial level.A total of 373 679 students(18.31%) from 290 schools(41.31%)were tested as strong positive by PPD test.@*Results@#Rate of positive PPD skin test showed significant differences according to different types of school(χ2=679.62,P=0.00). the abnormal rate of X-ray chest had statistical significant difference between the students in boarding school or not(χ2=14.07,P=0.00), but had no statistical significant difference between the students in private schools and public schools(χ2=0.28,P=0.59). For the rate of suspicious symptom screening, statistical significant differences were found between the private schools and public schools(χ2=4.79,P=0.03) and boarding schools or not(χ2=23.47,P=0.00). PPD test screening was carried out among 166 691 students, 4 667 were tested as strong positive, 191 cases were found as tuberculosis (4.09%); X-ray chest X-ray screening of 104 024 people, abnormal chest radiograph of 298 people, 200 found that the number of tuberculosis cases, the detection rate was 67.11%. Symptom screening was carried out among 102 964 students, 2 272 had suspicious symptoms, 229 cases were pulmonary tuberculosis patients, the detection rate of 10.08%, three methods of screening for difference was statistically significant(χ2=262.44，P=0.00).@*Conclusion@#The school tuberculosis screening work in Guizhou province needs to be further improved, and the tuberculosis screening for college and boarding high school students should be strengthened to control the outbreak of school tuberculosis.