ArticleThorax2018
High prevalence of TB disease in contacts of adults with extrapulmonary TB.
Article in Thorax, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diagnostic Accuracy of T-SPOT.TB Assay for Tuberculous Meningitis: An Updated Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Pooled it
- Epidemiology of tuberculous lymphadenitis in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- TB yields from expanded contact tracing investigations.Public health action · 2025Review
- Tuberculosis prevention: current strategies and future directions.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2024Review
- Outcomes of TB contact tracing and predictors of success: a 10-year retrospective cohort analysis in Birmingham, UK.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2023Article
- Bioinformation Analysis Reveals IFIT1 as Potential Biomarkers in Central Nervous System Tuberculosis.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- Diagnostic yield of CBNAAT in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A prospective observational study.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
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Abstract
UK guidelines no longer recommend routine screening of household contacts of adult patients with extrapulmonary TB (EPTB). From 27 March 2012 to 28 June 2016, we investigated the prevalence of active TB disease in household contacts of 1023 EPTB index cases in North West England, and compared estimates with: published new entrant migrant screening programme prevalence (~147/100 000 person-years); London-based contact screening data (700/100 000 contacts screened); and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) new entrant TB screening thresholds (TB prevalence >40/100 000 people). Active TB disease prevalence in EPTB contacts was 440/100 000 contacts screened, similar to UK new entrant screening programmes, London EPTB contact prevalence and >10 times NICE's threshold for new entrant screening. The decision to no longer recommend routine screening of EPTB contacts should be re-evaluated and cost-effectiveness analyses of screening strategies for EPTB contacts should be performed.
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