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Tuberculosis screening among pregnant women attending a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry, South India: is it worth the effort?

Mathavaswami VijayageethaDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ajay MV KumarCenter for Operational Research, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France;South-East Asia Office, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, New Delhi, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1011-8531View further author information
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Jayalakshmy RamakrishnanDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, IndiaView further author information
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Sonali SarkarDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, IndiaView further author information
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Dasari PapaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, IndiaView further author information
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Kedar MehtaDepartment of Community Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Vadodara, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4374-9495View further author information
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Noyal M JosephDepartment of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, IndiaView further author information
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Manju RajaramDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, IndiaView further author information
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Sathish RajaaDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, IndiaView further author information
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Palanivel ChinnakaliDepartment of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8320-1016View further author information
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Article: 1564488 | Received 21 Aug 2018, Accepted 24 Dec 2018, Published online: 26 Feb 2019

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Kakali Roy, Bageshree Saha, Sandipan Sen, Nivedita Manna, Shreyanshi Biswas, Tania Roy, Tilling Tani, Bakul Sarkar & Tapan Kumar SinhaMahapatra. (2022) An extremely rare case of endophthalmitis in an infant with congenital tuberculosis. Paediatrics and International Child Health 42:3-4, pages 152-156.
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Karthikeyan Sundaram & Leela Kagithakara Vajravelu. (2023) Tuberculosis and its clinical consequences on Women's health. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis.
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Tushar Garg, Lelia H. Chaisson, Fahd Naufal, Adrienne E. Shapiro & Jonathan E. Golub. (2022) A systematic review and meta-analysis of active case finding for tuberculosis in India. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia 7, pages 100076.
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Ekika Singh, Sanjay Singh & Sujeet Singh. (2021) Unusual presentations of tuberculous meningitis in pregnancy. Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research 8:1, pages 107-109.
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