Effectiveness of screening for tuberculosis in east London general practices. A cluster randomised trial

P. Sturdy, S. Eldridge, G. Bothamley, G. Feder, P. Brewin, C. Griffiths (London, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis and LTBI
Session: Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis and LTBI
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3144
Disease area: Respiratory infections

Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
P. Sturdy, S. Eldridge, G. Bothamley, G. Feder, P. Brewin, C. Griffiths (London, United Kingdom). Effectiveness of screening for tuberculosis in east London general practices. A cluster randomised trial. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 3144

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:
Is screening for tuberculosis effective? A cluster randomised trial in east London general practices
Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Epidemiology of tuberculosis in adults and children
Year: 2003


Universal HIV testing in London tuberculosis clinics: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Source: Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 627-634
Year: 2013



Guidelines of tuberculosis preventive therapy for HIV-infected persons: a prospective, multicentre study
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: 369-375
Year: 2001



Effectiveness of mandatory treatment for tuberculosis - An observational registry study
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Epidemiological and public health features of tuberculosis
Year: 2013

Cohort analysis of a large community-based latent tuberculosis screening and treatment programme in a high incidence setting in East London
Source: International Congress 2016 – Active and latent tuberculosis: biomarkers
Year: 2016

National roll-out of latent tuberculosis testing and treatment for new migrants in England: a retrospective evaluation in a high-incidence area
Source: Eur Respir J, 51 (1) 1701226; 10.1183/13993003.01226-2017
Year: 2018



Home-based tuberculosis contact investigation in Uganda: a household randomised trial
Source: ERJ Open Res, 5 (3) 00112-2019; 10.1183/23120541.00112-2019
Year: 2019



Childhood tuberculosis in Israel: epidemiological trends and treatment outcomes, 1999–2010
Source: Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 1157-1162
Year: 2013



Screening for tuberculosis among high-risk groups attending London emergency departments: a prospective observational study
Source: Eur Respir J, 57 (6) 2003831; 10.1183/13993003.03831-2020
Year: 2021



Tuberculosis treatment outcome monitoring in European Union countries: systematic review
Source: Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 635-643
Year: 2013



A non-interventional observational trial to study the COPD treatment choices in routine clinical practice in Bulgaria
Source: International Congress 2016 – COPD diagnosis and management
Year: 2016


TargetCOPD: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of targeted case finding for COPD versus routine practice in primary care
Source: International Congress 2015 – Diagnosing and management of COPD in primary care
Year: 2015


Clofazimine for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled study in China
Source: International Congress 2015 – TB treatment: new drugs and drug resistance
Year: 2015

Response to RD1 selected epitopes is associated to active tuberculosis. Results of a European multicentre hospital-based study: interim analysis of a European tuberculosis network (TBNET) study
Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 752s
Year: 2007

Response to RD1 selected epitopes is associated to active TB. Results of a European multicentre hospital-based study of the European tuberculosis network (TBNET)
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease
Year: 2008


Acceptability of screening for tuberculosis in three settings: a qualitative study
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 192s
Year: 2004

Time to sputum culture conversion and treatment outcome of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study from urban China
Source: Eur Respir J , 49 (3) 1601558; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01558-2016
Year: 2017


Active screening at entry for tuberculosis among new immigrants: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Source: Eur Respir J 2010; 35: 1336-1345
Year: 2010



Centralization of M/XDR-TB care in clinical reference centres in Portugal. Experience of a regional reference centre
Source: International Congress 2015 – Treatment of TB (MDR-TB): co-morbidities, adverse effects and outcomes
Year: 2015


Multicentre randomised clinic study of new standard chemotherapy regimen for new cases patients of pulmonary tuberculosis executed in Russia regions with high level of multiple drug resistance (MDR)
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Tuberculosis control
Year: 2009