Did “Screeners” Increase Pediatric Tuberculosis Case Notification in Sindh, Pakistan?

• 作 者: Afshan Khurshid Sven Gudmund H
• 机 构: ProvincialTBControlProgram,UniversityofBergen,NorwegianInstituteofPublicHealth,NationalTBControlProg
• 出 处: 结核病研究(英文)
• 发表日期: 2017年1期
• 关键词: Childhood TUBERCULOSIS PEDIATRICIANS SCREENER Xpert MTB/RIF SORT IT Childhood Tu

To identify missing childhood Tuberculosis (TB) cases, “screeners” (hospital-based health workers trained to screen accompanying contacts of TB patients for symptoms) were introduced in eight tertiary care hospitals of Sindh, Pakistan in 2013. There was a