Screening for post-TB lung disease at TB treatment completion: Are symptoms sufficient?

• Main Authors: Jamilah Meghji (Author), Vester Gunsaru (Author), Beatrice Chinoko (Author), Elizabeth Joekes (Author), Ndaziona P K Banda (Author), Nicola Marozva (Author), Jamie Rylance (Author), Stephen B Squire (Author), Kevin Mortimer (Author), Maia Lesosky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary TB survivors face a high burden of post-TB lung disease (PTLD) after TB treatment completion. In this secondary data analysis we investigate the performance of parameters measured at TB treatment completion in predicting morbidity over the subsequent year, to inform programmatic approaches...