Defining and assessing the maximum number of visits patients should make to a health facility to obtain a diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 953-958

  Harries, Anthony D ^a   Nyirenda, T E ^a,b   Godfrey Faussett, P ^c   Salaniponi, F M ^a  

^a National Tuberculosis Control Programme Malawi   (Malawi)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health facility visits; Malawi; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0141929341     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Salaniponi F M L, Harries A D, Banda H T, et al. Care seeking behaviour and diagnostic processes in patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Malawi. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2000; 4: 327-332.
2. Lienhardt C, Rowley J, Manneh K, et al. Factors affecting time delay to treatment in a tuberculosis control programme in a sub-Saharan African country: the experience of The Gambia. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2001; 5: 233-239.
3. Needham D M, Godfrey-Faussett P, Foster S D. Barriers to tuberculosis control in urban Zambia: the economic impact and burden on patients prior to diagnosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1998; 2: 811-817.
4. Pronyk P M, Makhubele M B, Hargreaves J R, Tollman S M, Hausler H P. Assessing health seeking behaviour among tuberculosis patients in rural South Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2001; 5: 619-627.
5. Steen T W, Mazonde G N. Pulmonary tuberculosis in Kweneng District, Botswana: delays in diagnosis in 212 smear-positive patients. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1998; 2: 627-634.
6. Lawn S D, Afful B, Acheampong J W. Pulmonary tuberculosis: diagnostic delay in Ghanaian adults. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1998; 2: 635-640.
7. Wandwalo E R, Morkve O. Delay in tuberculosis case-finding and treatment in Mwanza, Tanzania. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2000; 4: 133-138.
8. Lawn S D, Shattock R J, Griffin G E. Delays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis: a great new cost. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1997; 1: 485-486.
9. Wilkinson D, Pillay M, Davies G R, Lombard C, Sturm A W, Crump J. Molecular epidemiology and transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in rural Africa. Trop Med Int Health 1997; 2: 747-753.
10. Gilks C F, Godfrey-Faussett P, Batchelor B I F, et al. Recent transmission of tuberculosis in a cohort of HIV-1 infected female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya. AIDS 1997; 11: 911-918.
11. Harries A D, Kamenya A, Namarika D, et al. Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of smear-positive tuberculosis and the incidence of tuberculosis in hospital nurses in Blantyre, Malawi. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 1997; 91: 15-17.
12. Manual of the National Tuberculosis Control Programme of Malawi. 5th ed. Lilongwe, Malawi: Ministry of Health and Population, 2002.
13. Harries A D, Nyirenda T E, Banerjee A, Mundy C, Salaniponi F M L. District sputum smear microscopy services in Malawi. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1998; 2: 914-918.
14. Wilkinson D, De Cock K M, Sturm A. Diagnosing tuberculosis in a resource-poor setting: the value of a trial of antibiotics. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg 1997; 91: 422-424.
15. Thadepalli H, Rambhatla K, Niden A H. Transtracheal aspiration in diagnosis of sputum-smear-negative tuberculosis. JAMA 1977; 238: 1037-1040.
16. Scott J A G, Hall A J, Muyodi C, et al. Aetiology, outcome, and risk factors for mortality among adults with acute pneumonia in Kenya. Lancet 2000; 355: 1225-1230.
17. Hargreaves N J, Kadzakumanja O, Phiri S, et al. What causes smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Malawi, an area of high HIV seroprevalence? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2001; 5: 113-122.