Issues to be considered when implementing the standardized tuberculosis contact investigation in a setting with routine tuberculosis contact invitation: an experience from the Kisumu County, Western Kenya, 2014-2015

INTRODUCTION: Persons in close proximity with Tuberculosis (TB) patients are at risk of TB infection.Contact investigation (CI) has not been scaled up to full implementation by the National Tuberculosis Program in Kenya.As part of a TB household CI study, we documented key concerns that the TB program in Kenya need to consider when transitioning fr

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Successful Treatment of Pasteurella multocida -Related Invasive Infections with a Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor-Sparing Combination Antibiotic Regimen: A Case Series

Pasteurella multocida , a Gram-negative, penicillin-sensitive coccobacillus that is frequently a member of the normal respiratory microbiota of different animals, remains a clinically important pathogen with the ability to cause severe disease.Few case reports have involved P.multocida infections without animal bites.Moreover, few reports have iden

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