Regional success on screening and chemoprophylaxis in contacts of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Turkey: a dispensary experience in 2016–2017
| Autor: | Özlem Terzi, Cihad Dündar, Derya Oztomurcuk |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Treatment completion Tuberculosis Adolescent Turkey 030231 tropical medicine Antitubercular Agents Tuberculin Chemoprevention contact screening Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences dispensary 0302 clinical medicine Pulmonary tuberculosis medicine Humans Mass Screening 030212 general & internal medicine Child Tuberculosis Pulmonary Aged Retrospective Studies Tuberculin Test business.industry chemoprophylaxis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Skin test Middle Aged treatment completion medicine.disease Dispensary Infectious Diseases tuberculosis Child Preschool Chemoprophylaxis Female Parasitology Contact Tracing business |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 113:351-355 |
| ISSN: | 1878-3503 0035-9203 |
| Popis: | WOS: 000474278400009 PubMed: 30892630 Background Turkey has a national tuberculosis (TB) control program that follows the standards set by the World Health Organization's (WHO) global TB control program. Methods In this record-based retrospective study, contact screening and chemoprophylaxis of 469 TB contacts registered at the Samsun Tuberculosis Dispensary in 2016-2017 were assessed. Results On average, patients with pulmonary TB each had four contacts. Chemoprophylaxis was administered in 233 of the contacts for the following reasons: having close contact with an active TB patient (187 [80%]), being |
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