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Missed Opportunities for Tuberculosis Screening in Primary Care.


AUTHORS

van der Heijden YF , Heerman WJ , McFadden S , Zhu Y , Patterson BL , . The Journal of pediatrics. 2015 2 23; ().

ABSTRACT

To assess how frequently pediatric practitioners perform latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening according to guidelines. We hypothesized that screening occurs less frequently among children whose parents do not speak English as the primary language.


To assess how frequently pediatric practitioners perform latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening according to guidelines. We hypothesized that screening occurs less frequently among children whose parents do not speak English as the primary language.


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