Tuberculosis cases missed in primary health care facilities: Should we redefine case finding?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 608-614

  Claassens, Mareli Misha ^a,b   Jacobs, E ^a   Cyster, E ^c   Jennings, K ^c   James, A ^a   Dunbar, R ^a   Enarson, D A ^d   Borgdorff, M W ^b   Beyers, N ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Health City of Cape Town ^*  (South Africa)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

Exit study; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876819195     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0506     Document Type: Article

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