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Tuberculosis case finding: Supplement intensified case finding among acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) hospitalized patients in Sa Kaeo province, Thailand [PDF]

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2019
Background and purpose: We aimed to estimate TB prevalence among in-patients hospitalized with acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) through a routine TB case finding approach (Patient-Initiated-Pathway, PIP) and among those without initial TB ...
Sathapana Naowarat, Chanapong Rojanaworarit, Wanwimon Surinsak, Kanjana Umain, Dara Ruadreaw, Somkid Yuenprakone, Apirak Pisutaporn, Arongrag C. Meeyai   +7 more
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Impact of intensified case-finding strategies on childhood TB case registration in Nepal. [PDF]

Public Health Action, 2015
SETTING: Seven intervention districts with intensified childhood tuberculosis (TB) case-finding strategies implemented by a non-governmental organisation and seven control districts under the National Tuberculosis Programme, Nepal.
Joshi B, Chinnakali P, Shrestha A, Das M, Kumar AM, Pant R, Lama R, Sarraf RR, Dumre SP, Harries AD.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A comparision of the yield of three tuberculosis screening modalities among people living with HIV: a retrospective quasi-experiemental study

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background The Intensified Case Finding (ICF) tool was approved for TB screening in 2011; however there is still paucity of robust data comparing yields of the different ICF screening modalities. We compared yields of three different screening modalities
Michael Kakinda, Joseph K. B. Matovu, Ekwaro A. Obuku   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Yield of HIV-associated tuberculosis during intensified case finding in resource-limited settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2010
Intensified case finding is the regular screening for evidence of tuberculosis in people infected with HIV, at high risk of HIV, or living in congregate settings.
Lawn, Stephen D, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Kranzer, Katharina, Glynn, Judith R, Houben, Rein Mgj, Wood, Robin   +5 more
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Screening and testing for tuberculosis among the HIV-infected: outcomes from a large HIV programme in western Kenya

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background People living with HIV (PLHIV) are at increased risk of tuberculosis (TB). TB is also the leading opportunistic infection contributing to about one-third of deaths in this population.
Philip Owiti, Dickens Onyango, Robina Momanyi, Anthony D. Harries   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of tuberculosis screening and retention interventions on early antiretroviral therapy mortality in Botswana: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background Undiagnosed tuberculosis (TB) remains the most common cause of HIV-related mortality. Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) is being rolled out globally to improve TB diagnostic capacity.
Andrew F. Auld, Tefera Agizew, Anikie Mathoma, Rosanna Boyd, Anand Date, Sherri L. Pals, Christopher Serumola, Unami Mathebula, Heather Alexander, Tedd V. Ellerbrock, Goabaone Rankgoane-Pono, Pontsho Pono, James C. Shepherd, Katherine Fielding, Alison D. Grant, Alyssa Finlay   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility, yield, and cost of active tuberculosis case finding linked to a mobile HIV service in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization is currently developing guidelines on screening for tuberculosis disease to inform national screening strategies. This process is complicated by significant gaps in knowledge regarding mass screening.
Govindasamy, Darshini, Anna Vassall (144677), Linda-Gail Bekker (60754), Nienke van Schaik, Nienke van Schaik (144680), van Schaik Nienke, Lawn, Stephen D, Robin Wood, van Schaik, Nienke, Darshini Govindasamy, Vassall, Anna, Stephen D Lawn, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Gesine Meyer-Rath (144675), Bekker Linda-Gail, Meyer-Rath Gesine, Anna Vassall, Raditlhalo Eudoxia, Kranzer Katharina, Stephen D. Lawn (116037), Robin Wood (4924), Lawn Stephen D., Eudoxia Raditlhalo, Eudoxia Raditlhalo (144678), Raditlhalo, Eudoxia, Katharina Kranzer, Linda-Gail Bekker, Wood Robin, Govindasamy Darshini, Lawn, Stephen D., Bekker, Linda-Gail, Kranzer, Katharina, Darshini Govindasamy (144679), Vassall Anna, Meyer-Rath, Gesine, Wood, Robin, Katharina Kranzer (116027)   +36 more
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Does intensified case finding increase tuberculosis case notification among children in resource-poor settings? A report from Nigeria

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2016
Objective/Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Passive case detection in national TB programmes is associated with low case notification, especially in children.
Daniel C Oshi, Joseph N Chukwu, Charles C Nwafor, Anthony O Meka, Nelson O Madichie, Chidubem L Ogbudebe, Ugochukwu U Onyeonoro, Joy N Ikebudu, Ngozi Ekeke, Moses C Anyim, Kingsley N Ukwaja, Emmanuel N Aguwa   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

High prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis but low sensitivity of symptom screening among HIV-infected pregnant women in South Africa. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Symptom screening is a recommended component of intensified case-finding (ICF) for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among HIV-infected individuals. Symptomatic individuals are further investigated to either exclude or diagnose pulmonary TB, thus reducing the ...
Christopher J Hoffmann, Ebrahim Variava, Modiehi Rakgokong, Katlego Masonoke, Martin van der Watt, Richard E Chaisson, Neil A Martinson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation of tuberculosis intensive case finding, isoniazid preventive therapy, and infection control ("Three I's") and HIV-tuberculosis service integration in lower income countries [PDF]

, 2016
World Health Organization advocates for integration of HIV-tuberculosis (TB) services and recommends intensive case finding (ICF), isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT), and infection control ("Three I's") for TB prevention and control among persons living ...
M Katherine Charles, Barbara Castelnuovo (10700), Nguyen Thi Dung, Divine Avit-Edi, Cortés Moncada, Claudia, IeDEA, Ballif, Marie, Nakigozi, Gertrude, Marie Ballif, Durier, Nicolas, Dusingize, Jean Claude, Charles, M Katherine, Nguyen, Thi Dung, Wester, C William, ,, Meridith Blevins, Dung, Nguyen Thi, Cortes, Claudia P, Cortes, Claudia P., Fenner, Lukas, C William Wester, Wester, C. William, Jean Claude Dusingize (473718), Divine Avit-Edi (2609464), Claudia P. Cortes (473719), Mary Lou Lindegren (2609461), Lindegren, Mary Lou, Gertrude Nakigozi, Charles, M. Katherine, Gertrude Nakigozi (247948), C. William Wester (250717), Timothy R. Sterling (148936), Lukas Fenner, Marie Ballif (368655), Blevins, Meridith, Nicolas Durier (326615), Jean Claude Dusingize, Claudia P Cortes, Avit-Edi, Divine, Sterling, Timothy R., Nguyen Thi Dung (245054), Nicolas Durier, Castelnuovo, Barbara, Timothy R Sterling, International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Collaboration, Mary Lou Lindegren, Barbara Castelnuovo, Lukas Fenner (149822), Sterling, Timothy R, Meridith Blevins (291088), M. Katherine Charles (2609458)   +50 more
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