Tuberculosis screening using ability to provide sputum in an endemic emergency department. Issue 1 (22nd October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ticona, Eduardo; Huaman, Moises A.; Huaroto, Luz Maria; Burgos, Marcos; Brett, Meghan; Escombe, Rod; Moore, David A.J.
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 47:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 330
• Page End: 333
• Publication Date: 2015-10-22
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00877-2015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

Tuberculosis causes an enormous burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide [1]. Increasing rates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis pose a serious threat to ongoing efforts in controlling the epidemic, particularly in low- and middle-income countries [2]. Screening all comers able to provide a sputum sample increased TB detection in an emergency department in Peru http://ow.ly/T7pHA