Can intensified tuberculosis case finding efforts at nutrition rehabilitation centers lead to pediatric case detection in Bihar, India?

7 Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres in Bihar provide clinical and nutritional care for children with severe acute malnutrition

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 1 April 2016

• Country: India
• Document Type: Research Paper
• Theme: Health
• Authors: Pathak, R.R., Mishra, Bal Krishna, Moonan, Patrick K, Nair, Sreenivas A., et all

Abstract

A retrospective cohort study was conducted that included medical record reviews of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) children registered for TB screening and RNTCP care during July–December 2012.

This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)

Citation

Rajeev R. Pathak, Bal Krishna Mishra, Patrick K. Moonan, Sreenivas A. Nair, Ajay M. V. Kumar, Mohit P. Gandhi, Shamim Mannan, Smita Ghosh (2016) Can intensified tuberculosis case finding efforts at nutrition rehabilitation centers lead to pediatric case detection in Bihar, India? Journal of Tuberculosis Research, 2016, 4, 46-54 Published Online March 2016 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/jtr http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jtr.2016.41006

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Published 1 April 2016