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Tuberculosis Case Finding in Kulon Progo District, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Passive versus Active Case Finding Using Mobile Chest X-ray [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Active-case finding (ACF) using chest X-ray is an essential method of finding and diagnosing Tuberculosis (TB) cases that may be missed in Indonesia’s routine TB case finding. This study compares active and passive TB case-finding strategies.
John Silwanus Kaku, Riris Andono Ahmad, Stephanie Main, Dwi Oktofiana, Bintari Dwihardiani, Rina Triasih, Philipp du Cros, Geoffrey Chan   +7 more
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National Active Case-Finding Program for Tuberculosis in Prisons, Peru, 2024. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
AbstractFrom January to September 2024, a national active case-finding program in Peru’s prisons screened more than 38,000 incarcerated persons for tuberculosis using chest radiography with automated interpretation and rapid molecular diagnostics, yielding a tuberculosis prevalence of 2,800 per 100,000 persons, with 11.4% of cases rifampicin-resistant;
Jung E, Alarcón VA, Solís Tupes WS, Avalos-Cruz T, Tovar M, Abregu E, Yang MZ, Andrews JR, Huaman MA.   +8 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis in Migrants: a Systematic Review. [PDF]

Med Arch
Background: Active case finding (ACF) is an alternative strategy to accelerate the identification of TB cases among the migrant population. Objective: This study aimed to synthesize the evidence for the effectiveness of ACF TB in migrants. Methods: This study uses the PRISMA model as a method of searching for journal articles in the databases of Google
Pramono JS, Ridwan A, Maria IL, Syam A, Russeng SS, Syamsuar, Mumang AA.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Active Case Finding among Adults using an Individual’s Vulnerability Score for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Rural Village of Goa: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: “Detect–Treat–Prevent–Build” to achieve tuberculosis (TB)-free India is envisaged in the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP). To be able to achieve this, it is important to address the fact that the most vulnerable and hard-to ...
Bhargav P. Sawant Dessai, Malavika Krishnan, Hemangini K. Shah   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Community-based active-case finding for tuberculosis: navigating a complex minefield. [PDF]

BMC Glob Public Health
AbstractCommunity-based active case finding (ACF) for tuberculosis (TB) involves an offer of screening to populations at risk of TB, oftentimes with additional health promotion, community engagement and health service strengthening. Recently updated World Health Organization TB screening guidelines conditionally recommend expanded offer of ACF for ...
MacPherson P, Shanaube K, Phiri MD, Rickman HM, Horton KC, Feasey HRA, Corbett EL, Burke RM, Rangaka MX.   +8 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Active case-finding for TB among incarcerated women in Peru. [PDF]

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 2023
Puma D, Geadas C, Calderon RI, Yuen CM, Jiménez J, CÓrdova M, Martínez B, Peinado J, Lecca L, Tovar M.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Active Tuberculosis Case Finding in Haiti [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017
In 2010, Haiti suffered from a devastating earthquake; data on the impact on the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic are limited. From January to June 2013, we conducted active case finding at the household level in a slum in Port-au-Prince. Community health workers identified individuals with cough ≥ 2 weeks, and referred them for evaluation.
Jack, Masur, Serena P, Koenig, Pierrot, Julma, Oksana, Ocheretina, Maria A, Durán-Mendicuti, Daniel W, Fitzgerald, Jean W, Pape   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Atrial fibrillation: time for active case finding [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2019
Substantial evidence has now accrued to robustly support systematic case finding using pulse regularity checks in general practice to detect atrial fibrillation (AF) in people aged ≥65 years. Fay et al have summarised this evidence to make the case to detect an additional 10–15 cases of AF per 1000 people screened.1 Cole et al have shown that such ...
Robson, J, Schilling, R
openaire   +3 more sources

Effect of community active case-finding strategies for detection of tuberculosis in Cambodia: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2020
Background Cambodia has made notable progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB). However, these gains are impeded by a significant proportion of undiagnosed cases.
Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Kiesha Prem, Konstantin Evdokimov, Chetra Ork, Sothearith Eng, Sovannary Tuot, Monyrath Chry, Tan Eang Mao, Li Yang Hsu, Siyan Yi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcome of tuberculosis treatment in HIV-positive adults diagnosed through active versus passive case-finding [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: The World Health Organization strongly recommends regular screening for tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-positive individuals. Objective: To compare the outcome of anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) in HIV-positive adults diagnosed with TB through ...
Taye T. Balcha, Sten Skogmar, Erik Sturegård, Per Björkman, Niclas Winqvist   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source