Tuberculosis screening in immigrants from high-prevalence countries: Interview first or chest radiograph first? A pro/con debate

Respirology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 432-438

  Mor, Zohar ^a   Leventhal, Alex ^a,b   Diacon, Andreas H ^c   Finger, Rebekka ^d   Schoch, Otto D ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

chest radiograph; immigrant; mass chest X ray; screening; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAPENTINE;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84875664935     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/resp.12054     Document Type: Review

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