Coverage and yield of contact investigation around tuberculosis patients in the Netherlands

C. Mulder, C. Erkens, N. Kalisvaart, F. van Leth (The Hague, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Tuberculosis contact screening
Session: Tuberculosis contact screening
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 483
Disease area: Respiratory infections

Congress or journal article abstractE-poster

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
C. Mulder, C. Erkens, N. Kalisvaart, F. van Leth (The Hague, Amsterdam, Netherlands). Coverage and yield of contact investigation around tuberculosis patients in the Netherlands. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 483

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Tuberculosis contact investigation in an intermediate burden setting: implications from a large tuberculosis contact cohort in Taiwan
Source: Eur Respir J, 50 (2) 1700851; 10.1183/13993003.00851-2017
Year: 2017



Evaluation of a large-scale tuberculosis contact investigation in the Netherlands
Source: Eur Respir J 2008; 32: 419-425
Year: 2008



Outcomes of a tuberculosis contact investigation programme in Italy
Source: Eur Respir J 2012; 40: 1291-1293
Year: 2012


An audit of diagnosis and chemoprophylaxis treatment of latent tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) in TB contact patients in a district general hospital (DGH) in the United Kingdom (UK)
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - What is new in the diagnosis of tuberculosis?
Year: 2010

Post tuberculosis sequelae in patients treated for tuberculosis: An observational study at a tertiary care center of a high TB burden country
Source: International Congress 2018 – Pulmonary tuberculosis: long term complications, rehabilitation and challenges
Year: 2018


Outcomes of contact investigations of active tuberculosis patients
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 198s
Year: 2004

Study of prevalence of drug resistance in tuberculosis (TB) patients attending a tertiary care hospital at Mumbai
Source: International Congress 2016 – Epidemiological insights into tuberculosis pathogenesis
Year: 2016


Active tuberculosis cases in migrants in Newham: should we extend screening criteria for latent tuberculosis infection
Source: International Congress 2017 – Migrants and screening
Year: 2017


Risk factors for latent tuberculosis infection in close contacts of active tuberculosis patients in South Korea
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection: diagnosis and treatment
Year: 2013

Monitoring latent tuberculosis infection diagnosis and management in the Netherlands
Source: Eur Respir J 2016; 47:1492-1501
Year: 2016



Yield of tuberculosis contact investigations in Amsterdam: opportunities for improvement
Source: Eur Respir J 2014; 44: 714-724
Year: 2014



Study of isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis including outcomes in a high prevalence area in London
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - MDR- and XDR-TB: clinical and public health experiences
Year: 2012


Treatment outcomes among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases at a referral hospital of infectious diseases in Italy
Source: International Congress 2016 – Update on drug-resistant tuberculosis
Year: 2016

Screening for tuberculosis by sputum culture among risk groups in a TB low- incidence country
Source: International Congress 2014 – Tuberculosis epidemiology: novel features
Year: 2014


Molecular epidemiological analysis of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with multiple admissions to TB hospital
Source: International Congress 2016 – Epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis and other respiratory conditions: from lung cancer to late-onset Pompe's disease
Year: 2016


Evaluation of tuberculosis screening of immigrants in the Netherlands
Source: Eur Respir J, 50 (4) 1700977; 10.1183/13993003.00977-2017
Year: 2017



Countrywide implementation of whole genome sequencing: an opportunity to improve tuberculosis management, surveillance and contact tracing in low incidence countries
Source: Eur Respir J, 51 (6) 1800387; 10.1183/13993003.00387-2018
Year: 2018



Risk of developing tuberculosis disease among persons diagnosed with latent tuberculosis infection in the Netherlands
Source: Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 1420-1428
Year: 2016



TB and drug-resistant TB report from a referral TB unit of Athens. The impact of immigration during the years 1995–2000
Source: Annual Congress 2003 - The various appearance of resistance
Year: 2003