Comparison of symptoms and treatment outcomes between actively and passively detected tuberculosis cases: the additional value of active case finding

Passive detection of tuberculosis (TB) cases may lead to delay in treatment which may contribute to increased severity of disease and mortality. Active case finding may be an alternative. In a community survey in Cape Town, South Africa, we actively detected 27 bacteriologically positive TB cases an...

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Published in:	Epidemiology and infection Vol. 136; no. 10; pp. 1342 - 1349
Main Authors:	DEN BOON, S., VERVER, S., LOMBARD, C. J., BATEMAN, E. D., IRUSEN, E. M., ENARSON, D. A., BORGDORFF, M. W., BEYERS, N.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2008
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Cough - etiology Disease transmission Female Fever - etiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Health outcomes Hemoptysis - etiology Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Lung diseases Male Medical sciences Microbiology Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis Operating rooms Original Papers Pulmonary tuberculosis South Africa Sputum Sweating Symptoms Treatment Outcome Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - drug therapy Tuberculosis - physiopathology Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Weight Loss South Africa Infection Human Prognosis Treatment Tuberculosis Microbiology Bacteriosis Mycobacterial infection Detection Epidemiology
ISSN:	0950-2688, 1469-4409
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