Operational challenges in managing Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in child contacts: A high-burden setting perspective

Background The study was conducted at a high TB-HIV burden primary health community clinic in Cape Town, South Africa. We describe the management of children under five years of age in household contact with a smear and/or culture-positive adult TB case. Methods This study was a record review of rou...

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Published in:	BMC public health Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 544
Main Authors:	van Wyk, Susan S, Reid, Anthony J, Mandalakas, Anna M, Enarson, Donald A, Beyers, Nulda, Morrison, Julie, Hesseling, Anneke C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 08.07.2011 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Adult Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Biostatistics Care and treatment Child, Preschool Children Community Health Centers Environmental Health Epidemiology Female Health aspects Humans Infectious Disease epidemiology Isoniazid Isoniazid - therapeutic use Male Medical Audit Medicine Medicine & Public Health Prevention Program Evaluation Public Health Research Article South Africa - epidemiology Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - drug therapy Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - prevention & control Vaccine South Africa Data Extraction Tool Eligible Child Sputum Smear Child Contact Isoniazid Preventive Therapy
ISSN:	1471-2458, 1471-2458
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