Status of contact screening and isoniazid preventive therapy for children under age six in Puducherry district, under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme: An operational research

Introduction: We assessed the contact screening of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and the coverage of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in Puducherry district of Puducherry State. Methods: A retrospective record review of treatment cards, under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of current research in scientific medicine 2020, Vol.6 (1), p.24-27
Hauptverfasser: Newtonraj, Ariarathinam, Purty, AnilJacob, Manikandan, Mani
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: We assessed the contact screening of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and the coverage of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) in Puducherry district of Puducherry State. Methods: A retrospective record review of treatment cards, under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, was conducted between the reference period of October 2018 and December 2018. Results: A total of 145 index cases were linelisted. Among them, the number of household contacts of >6 years was 399, of which 359 (90%) were screened for PTB and one was diagnosed with PTB and initiated on treatment. Among the 35 children
ISSN:2455-3069
2455-3069
DOI:10.4103/jcrsm.jcrsm_47_19