The importance of chemoprophylaxis in tuberculosis: On occasion of eight cases in the same family

Contact screening and in cases required initiating chemoprophylaxisare great importance for control of tuberculosis(TB). In this paper eight TB cases that occurredamong the same family members in 23 years were discussed.. After detection of the index case, failure to contactscreening and initiating...

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Main Authors: Mahşuk Taylan, Abdullah Çetin Tanrıkulu, Cengizhan Sezgi, Halide Kaya, Hadice Selimoğlu Şen, Özlem Abakay, Seher Çakırca, Faruk Önder, Abdurrahman Abakay
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Language:English
Published: Dicle University Medical School 2013-12-01
Series:Dicle Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.diclemedj.org/upload/sayi/29/Dicle%20Med%20J-01878.pdf
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spelling doaj-db1663c09a2d47bba60b45c1e76e49502020-11-24T23:10:30ZengDicle University Medical SchoolDicle Medical Journal 1300-29451308-98892013-12-0140465165410.5798/diclemedj.0921.2013.04.0350The importance of chemoprophylaxis in tuberculosis: On occasion of eight cases in the same familyMahşuk TaylanAbdullah Çetin TanrıkuluCengizhan SezgiHalide KayaHadice Selimoğlu ŞenÖzlem AbakaySeher ÇakırcaFaruk ÖnderAbdurrahman AbakayContact screening and in cases required initiating chemoprophylaxisare great importance for control of tuberculosis(TB). In this paper eight TB cases that occurredamong the same family members in 23 years were discussed.. After detection of the index case, failure to contactscreening and initiating chemoprophylaxis caused tooccurrence of other cases. These cases were presentedin order to attract attention of importance of contactscreening and initiating chemoprophylaxisKey words: Tuberculosis, close contact, chemoprophylaxishttp://www.diclemedj.org/upload/sayi/29/Dicle%20Med%20J-01878.pdfTuberculosisclose contactchemoprophylaxis
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author Mahşuk Taylan
Abdullah Çetin Tanrıkulu
Cengizhan Sezgi
Halide Kaya
Hadice Selimoğlu Şen
Özlem Abakay
Seher Çakırca
Faruk Önder
Abdurrahman Abakay
spellingShingle Mahşuk Taylan
Abdullah Çetin Tanrıkulu
Cengizhan Sezgi
Halide Kaya
Hadice Selimoğlu Şen
Özlem Abakay
Seher Çakırca
Faruk Önder
Abdurrahman Abakay
The importance of chemoprophylaxis in tuberculosis: On occasion of eight cases in the same family
Dicle Medical Journal
Tuberculosis
close contact
chemoprophylaxis
author_facet Mahşuk Taylan
Abdullah Çetin Tanrıkulu
Cengizhan Sezgi
Halide Kaya
Hadice Selimoğlu Şen
Özlem Abakay
Seher Çakırca
Faruk Önder
Abdurrahman Abakay
author_sort Mahşuk Taylan
title The importance of chemoprophylaxis in tuberculosis: On occasion of eight cases in the same family
title_short The importance of chemoprophylaxis in tuberculosis: On occasion of eight cases in the same family
title_full The importance of chemoprophylaxis in tuberculosis: On occasion of eight cases in the same family
title_fullStr The importance of chemoprophylaxis in tuberculosis: On occasion of eight cases in the same family
title_full_unstemmed The importance of chemoprophylaxis in tuberculosis: On occasion of eight cases in the same family
title_sort importance of chemoprophylaxis in tuberculosis: on occasion of eight cases in the same family
publisher Dicle University Medical School
series Dicle Medical Journal
issn 1300-2945
1308-9889
publishDate 2013-12-01
description Contact screening and in cases required initiating chemoprophylaxisare great importance for control of tuberculosis(TB). In this paper eight TB cases that occurredamong the same family members in 23 years were discussed.. After detection of the index case, failure to contactscreening and initiating chemoprophylaxis caused tooccurrence of other cases. These cases were presentedin order to attract attention of importance of contactscreening and initiating chemoprophylaxisKey words: Tuberculosis, close contact, chemoprophylaxis
topic Tuberculosis
close contact
chemoprophylaxis
url http://www.diclemedj.org/upload/sayi/29/Dicle%20Med%20J-01878.pdf
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