A prospective evaluation of the symptom-based screening approach to the management of children who are contacts of tuberculosis cases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-18

  Triasih, Rina ^a,b   Robertson, Colin F ^c   Duke, Trevor ^b,c   Graham, Stephen M ^b,c,d  

^a GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Child; Contact screening; Preventive therapy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDONESIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EVALUATION STUDY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84983362322     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu748     Document Type: Article

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