Are patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who are identified through active case finding in the community different than those identified in healthcare facilities?
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Are patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who are identified through active case finding in the community different than those identified in healthcare facilities?
The lack of healthcare access contributes to large numbers of tuberculosis (TB) cases being missed and has led to renewed interest in outreach approaches to increase detection. It is however unclear whether outreach activities increase case detection or merely identify patients before they attend health facilities. We compared adults with cough of >2 weeks' duration recruited in health faciliti...
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عنوان ژورنال: New Microbes and New Infections
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2052-2975
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.10.002