Tuberculosis screening among pregnant women attending a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry, South India: is it worth the effort?

M Vijayageetha, AMV Kumar, J Ramakrishnan… - Global health …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The national tuberculosis (TB) programme in India recommends screening all
pregnant women for TB, but this is rarely implemented. We carried out systematic TB
screening among women attending the antenatal clinic of a tertiary care hospital in
Puducherry, South India, during February to April 2018. Objective: To assess the number
screened and number (proportion) with presumptive and active TB, and understand
potential implementation from the healthcare providers' perspective. Methods: We …

Tuberculosis screening among pregnant women attending a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry, South India: is it worth the effort?

MV Mathavaswami Vijayageetha, AMV Kumar… - 2019 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Background: The national tuberculosis (TB) programme in India recommends screening all
pregnant women for TB, but this is rarely implemented. We carried out systematic TB
screening among women attending the antenatal clinic of a tertiary care hospital in
Puducherry, South India, during February to April 2018. Objective: To assess the number
screened and number (proportion) with presumptive and active TB, and understand
potential implementation from the healthcare providers' perspective. Methods: We …
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