Systematic Screening of Tuberculosis Using Mobile Digital Chest Radiography in Sabah

Michelle Goroh; Richard Avoi; Deena Baharuddin

doi:10.51200/bjms.vi1.1395

Systematic Screening of Tuberculosis Using Mobile Digital Chest Radiography in Sabah

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Michelle Goroh Master of Public Health (MPH)
Richard Avoi Master of Public Health (MPH)
Deena Baharuddin Master of Public Health (MPH)

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https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.1395

Abstract

Background: Chest radiography, or chest X-ray (CXR), is not only an important tool for triaging and screening for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) but is also useful in aiding diagnosis when pulmonary TB cannot be confirmed bacteriologically. Sabah is a state with high TB burden with the incidence rate of 124/100,000 population in 2015. Access to chest radiography is limited in many settings in Sabah. In 2016, the TB and Leprosy Control Unit of Sabah State Health Department started systematic screening for TB with the help of a mobile digital X-ray unit.

Keywords: tuberculosis, systematic screening, mobile digital chest radiography

Author Biographies

Michelle Goroh, Master of Public Health (MPH)

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah/ TB/Leprosy Control Unit, Sabah State Health Department, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Richard Avoi, Master of Public Health (MPH)

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah/ TB/Leprosy Control Unit, Sabah State Health Department,
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Deena Baharuddin, Master of Public Health (MPH)

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah/ TB/Leprosy Control Unit, Sabah State Health Department, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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2018-09-24

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Goroh, M., Avoi, R., & Baharuddin, D. (2018). Systematic Screening of Tuberculosis Using Mobile Digital Chest Radiography in Sabah. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), (1), 49. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.1395

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2018: BORNEO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (BJMS), (Suppl.), SEPTEMBER 2018

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