Investigation of household contacts of pulmonary tuberculosis patients increases case detection in Mwanza City, Tanzania.

Beyanga, Medard; Kidenya, Benson R; Gerwing-Adima, Lisa; Ochodo, Eleanor; Mshana, Stephen E; Kasang, Christa

Beyanga, Medard; Kidenya, Benson R; Gerwing-Adima, Lisa; Ochodo, Eleanor; Mshana, Stephen E; Kasang, Christa.

Affiliation

Beyanga M; Bugando Medical Centre, Department of Clinical Laboratory Services, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Kidenya BR; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Mwanza, Tanzania. benkidenya@yahoo.com.
Gerwing-Adima L; Bugando Medical Centre, Department of Clinical Laboratory Services, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Ochodo E; Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Stellenbosch University Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mshana SE; Department of Microbiology, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Kasang C; Medical Mission Institute, Wuerzburg, Germany.

BMC Infect Dis ; 18(1): 110, 2018 03 06.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29510670

Subject(s)

Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; Family Characteristics; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Mass Screening/methods; Middle Aged; Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; Retrospective Studies; Sputum/microbiology; Tanzania

Key words

Active TB case finding; Bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis; Household TB contacts; Mwanza; Tanzania; Tuberculosis

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: BMC Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: Tanzania

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