Tuberculosis screening in household contacts of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in an urban setting.

Banurekha VelayuthamLavanya JayabalBasilea WatsonSaraswathy JagadeesanDhanalakshmi AngamuthuPriscilla RebeccaBella DevaleenalDina NairSrikanth TripathySriram Selvaraj

Published in: PloS one (2020)

"Household contact card and register" is a useful tool for HCWs for TB screening in HHC of PTB patients. Reasons for non-adherence to contact screening needs to be addressed.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
end stage renal disease
mycobacterium tuberculosis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
type diabetes
emergency department
patient reported outcomes
hiv aids
patient reported
hiv infected
insulin resistance
antiretroviral therapy