Are treatment outcomes of patients with tuberculosis detected by active case finding different from those detected by passive case finding?

Are treatment outcomes of patients with tuberculosis detected by active case finding different from those detected by passive case finding?

Context: India has adopted active case finding (ACF) as an additional strategy to find its missing tuberculosis (TB) cases since 2017. Treatment outcomes of patients identified through ACF may be similar or different from those detected through routine passive case finding (PCF); currently, there ar...

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Main Authors: Mahendra Singh, Karuna D Sagili, Jaya P Tripathy, Surekha Kishore, Yogesh A Bahurupi, Ajay Kumar, Vagish Kala, Vikas Yadav, Shikha Murmu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
case finding
india
loss to follow-up
operational research
stigma
treatment outcome
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2020;volume=12;issue=1;spage=28;epage=33;aulast=Singh

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