Pediatric Tuberculosis and a Unique Method of Case Finding and Default Prevention: The Case of Baby 'Lucky', Moyale Sub-County, Kenya, 2019.
Galgallo, Dahabo Adi;Lio, Ibrahim;Kochi, Adano;Mutiga Cce, Dennis Kalikidane;Ransom, James;
journal of tropical pediatrics2020
195
galgallo2020pediatricjournal
Abstract
We report the case of a 9-month-old male infant diagnosed in the field with extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Use of innovative global positioning system tracking of pregnant pastoralist women allowed staff to find the mother, locate the infant and enroll the infant in care and treatment. Due to this innovative intervention of case finding and tracking, the infant was prevented from defaulting and completed his anti-TB regimen.