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Intensified tuberculosis case-finding in HIV-positive adults managed at Ethiopian health centers: diagnostic yield of Xpert MTB/RIF compared with smear microscopy and liquid culture. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Detection of active tuberculosis (TB) before antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is important, but optimal diagnostic methods for use in resource-limited settings are lacking.
Taye T Balcha, Erik Sturegård, Niclas Winqvist, Sten Skogmar, Anton Reepalu, Zelalem Habtamu Jemal, Gudeta Tibesso, Thomas Schön, Per Björkman   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Intensified case finding for tuberculosis in prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs: a simple and potentially vital addition for maternal and child health. [PDF]

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 2009
The intersection of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) poses a serious threat to HIV-infected women and their children. The majority of patients with TB in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV and together the overlapping epidemics synergistically accelerate illness and death. Escalating case rates increased mortality and the recent emergence of extensively
Deluca A, Chaisson RE, Martinson NA.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Brief Report: Yield and Efficiency of Intensified Tuberculosis Case-Finding Algorithms in 2 High-Risk HIV Subgroups in Uganda [PDF]

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2019
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) risk varies among different HIV subgroups, potentially impacting intensified case finding (ICF) performance. We evaluated the performance of the current ICF algorithm [symptom screening, followed by Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) testing] in 2 HIV subgroups and evaluated whether ICF performance could be ...
Semitala, Fred C, Cattamanchi, Adithya, Andama, Alfred, Atuhumuza, Elly, Katende, Jane, Mwebe, Sandra, Asege, Lucy, Nakaye, Martha, Kamya, Moses Robert, Yoon, Christina   +9 more
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Assessment of Tuberculosis Intensified Case Finding and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy for People Living with HIV in Enugu State, Nigeria

African Journal of Biomedical Research, 2020
Tuberculosis (TB) has remained the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Nigeria has the highest incidence of TB/HIV co infection and HIV associated TB deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, TB prevention among PLHIV is of utmost necessity.
Igbokwe, C.C, Abugu, L.I, Aji, J.O
openaire   +3 more sources

Intensified tuberculosis case finding amongst vulnerable communities in southern India [PDF]

Public Health Action, 2015
India mainly uses passive case finding to detect tuberculosis (TB) patients through the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP). An intensified case finding (ICF) intervention was conducted among vulnerable communities in two districts of Karnataka during July–December 2013; 658 sputum smear-positive TB cases were detected.
K K, Reddy, R, Ananthakrishnan, A G, Jacob, M, Das, P, Isaakidis, A M V, Kumar   +5 more
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Implementing intensified tuberculosis case-finding among street-connected youth and young adults in Kenya [PDF]

Public Health Action, 2016
Background: Street-connected youth and young adults (SCY) suffer a myriad of health problems. In Kenya, SCY are at high risk for tuberculosis (TB) due to their congregate living situations. TB screening is not routinely implemented in SCY and there has been no published literature on the burden of TB in SCY in ...
D, Szkwarko, T, Mercer, S, Kimani, P, Braitstein, N, Buziba, E J, Carter   +5 more
openaire   +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

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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