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Can Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding Efforts at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers Lead to Pediatric Case Detection in Bihar, India?
INTRODUCTION: Seven district-level Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) in Bihar, India provide clinical and nutritional care for children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). AIM: To assess whether intensified case finding (ICF) strategies at NRCs can lead to pediatric case detection among SA...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826071/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27066518 |
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author | Pathak, Rajeev R. Mishra, Bal Krishna Moonan, Patrick K. Nair, Sreenivas A. Kumar, Ajay M. V. Gandhi, Mohit P. Mannan, Shamim Ghosh, Smita |
author_facet | Pathak, Rajeev R. Mishra, Bal Krishna Moonan, Patrick K. Nair, Sreenivas A. Kumar, Ajay M. V. Gandhi, Mohit P. Mannan, Shamim Ghosh, Smita |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Seven district-level Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) in Bihar, India provide clinical and nutritional care for children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). AIM: To assess whether intensified case finding (ICF) strategies at NRCs can lead to pediatric case detection among SAM children and link them to TB treatment under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted that included medical record reviews of SAM children registered for TB screening and RNTCP care during July–December 2012. RESULTS: Among 440 SAM children screened, 39 (8.8%) were diagnosed with TB. Among these, 34 (87%) initiated TB treatment and 18 (53%) were registered with the RNTCP. Of 16 children not registered under the RNTCP, nine (56%) weighed below six kilograms—the current weight requirement for receiving drugs under RNTCP. CONCLUSION: ICF approaches are feasible at NRCs; however, screening for TB entails diagnostic challenges, especially among SAM children. However, only half of the children diagnosed with TB were treated by the RNTCP. More effort is needed to link this vulnerable population to TB services in addition to introducing child-friendly drug formulations for covering children weighing less than six kilograms. |
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spelling | pubmed-48260712016-04-08 Can Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding Efforts at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers Lead to Pediatric Case Detection in Bihar, India? Pathak, Rajeev R. Mishra, Bal Krishna Moonan, Patrick K. Nair, Sreenivas A. Kumar, Ajay M. V. Gandhi, Mohit P. Mannan, Shamim Ghosh, Smita J Tuberc Res Article INTRODUCTION: Seven district-level Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) in Bihar, India provide clinical and nutritional care for children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). AIM: To assess whether intensified case finding (ICF) strategies at NRCs can lead to pediatric case detection among SAM children and link them to TB treatment under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted that included medical record reviews of SAM children registered for TB screening and RNTCP care during July–December 2012. RESULTS: Among 440 SAM children screened, 39 (8.8%) were diagnosed with TB. Among these, 34 (87%) initiated TB treatment and 18 (53%) were registered with the RNTCP. Of 16 children not registered under the RNTCP, nine (56%) weighed below six kilograms—the current weight requirement for receiving drugs under RNTCP. CONCLUSION: ICF approaches are feasible at NRCs; however, screening for TB entails diagnostic challenges, especially among SAM children. However, only half of the children diagnosed with TB were treated by the RNTCP. More effort is needed to link this vulnerable population to TB services in addition to introducing child-friendly drug formulations for covering children weighing less than six kilograms. 2016-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4826071/ /pubmed/27066518 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Pathak, Rajeev R. Mishra, Bal Krishna Moonan, Patrick K. Nair, Sreenivas A. Kumar, Ajay M. V. Gandhi, Mohit P. Mannan, Shamim Ghosh, Smita Can Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding Efforts at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers Lead to Pediatric Case Detection in Bihar, India? |
title | Can Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding Efforts at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers Lead to Pediatric Case Detection in Bihar, India? |
title_full | Can Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding Efforts at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers Lead to Pediatric Case Detection in Bihar, India? |
title_fullStr | Can Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding Efforts at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers Lead to Pediatric Case Detection in Bihar, India? |
title_full_unstemmed | Can Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding Efforts at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers Lead to Pediatric Case Detection in Bihar, India? |
title_short | Can Intensified Tuberculosis Case Finding Efforts at Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers Lead to Pediatric Case Detection in Bihar, India? |
title_sort | can intensified tuberculosis case finding efforts at nutrition rehabilitation centers lead to pediatric case detection in bihar, india? |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826071/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27066518 |
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