Effectiveness of Latent TB Screening and Treatment in People Initiating Dialysis in British Columbia, Canada.

Kamila RomanowskiCaren RoseVictoria J CookInna SekirovMuhammad MorshedOgnjenka DjurdjevAdeera LevinJames C Johnston

Published in: Canadian journal of kidney health and disease (2020)

These findings suggest that systematically screening and treating people initiating dialysis can significantly decrease the rate of active TB in this high-risk population. Given the importance of screening high-risk groups, the results from this analysis could inform scale-up of TB screening in dialysis programs in other low incidence regions. Trial registration is not applicable as this was a retrospective cohort analysis and not a randomized trial.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
public health
risk factors
phase iii
open label
replacement therapy