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15 March 2008

Volume 46, Number 6
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008;46:902–904
© 2008 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
1058-4838/2008/4606-0020$15.00
DOI: 10.1086/528856
BRIEF REPORT

The Incidence of Tuberculosis after a Measles Outbreak

Chang‐Hoon Lee,1,6

Eun Gyu Lee,8

Ju‐Young Lee,4

KeeHo Park,2

Beom Hee Lee,7

Hwasoon Han,1

Eunjung Oh,1

Hee‐Jin Kim,9

Mi‐Kyoung Kang,10

Soo Yon Oh,10

Jeong Ym Bai,11

Gill‐Han Bai,12

Duk‐Hyoung Lee,3

Dae‐Kyu Oh,5 and

Jong‐Koo Lee13

1Division of HIV and TB Control, 2Division of Infectious Disease Surveillance, 3Center for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, 4Division of Bio‐Medical Informatics, Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, 5Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 6Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and 7Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 8Division of Outputs Management, Bureau of Technology Innovation Evaluation, Ministry of Science & Technology, 9Department of Technical Cooperation, 10International Cooperation Department, 11Epidemiologic Section, Department of Epidemiology, 12Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, and 13Bureau of Health Policy, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Seoul, Korea

Among 53,974 cases of measles that occurred during the 2000–2001 outbreak in Korea, the incidence of tuberculosis following measles was 47 cases per 214,949.6 person‐years, which was significantly lower than that in the general population (standardized incidence ratio, 0.73; 95% confidence interval, 0.54–0.96). In conclusion, we did not find a positive relationship between measles and tuberculosis.

Received 2 June 2007; accepted 8 November 2007; electronically published 14 February 2008.

Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Jong‐Koo Lee, Bureau of Health Policy, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Korea, 1 Joongang‐Dong, Kwacheon‐City, Kyunggi‐Do, Republic of Korea 427‐721 ().
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