Operational challenges in managing Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in child contacts: A high-burden setting perspective.
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BMC Public HealthAbstract
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The study was conducted at a high TB-HIV burden primary health community clinic in Cape Town, South Africa. We describe the management of children under five years of age in household contact with a smear and/or culture-positive adult TB case. METHODS: This study was a record review of routinely-collected programme data. RESULTS: A total of 1094 adult TB case folders were reviewed. From all identified contacts, 149 children should have received IPT based on local guidelines; in only 2/149 IPT was initiated. Management of child contacts of sputum smear and/or culture-positive compared to sputum-negative TB patients were similar. CONCLUSIONS: IPT delivery to children remains an operational challenge, especially in high TB-HIV burden communities. A tool to improve IPT management and targeting sputum smear and/or culture-positive TB child contacts may overcome some of these challenges and should be developed and piloted in such settings.PubMed ID
21740580Language
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1471-2458ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/1471-2458-11-544
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