[The value of radiological screening in the Tunisian army]

Med Trop (Mars). 1991 Jul-Sep;51(3):343-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

In a non orientated study of 12,357 radio-detecting of the new recruits the authors noticed that tuberculosis is still occupying a privileged place despite the effort made for prevention, and a retreat of post-infectious bronchiectasis of childhood. The authors underline the necessity to continue systematic detecting despite the low percentage of restrained anomalies, this is for two reasons: *on the one hand to avoid the little tuberculosis epidemic of the barracks *on the other hand for an early treatment of the other affections especially heart affections.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Mass Chest X-Ray*
  • Military Personnel*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / prevention & control
  • Tunisia / epidemiology