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Notes from the field: Use of asynchronous video directly observed therapy for treatment of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in a long-term-care facility - Puerto Rico, 2016-2017
Olano-Soler H , Thomas D , Joglar O , Rios K , Torres-Rodriguez M , Duran-Guzman G , Chorba T .
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017 66 (50) 1386-1387

To treat a cluster of tuberculosis (TB) transmission cases in a long-term care facility for cognitively impaired adults located in Puerto Rico (facility A), the Puerto Rico TB Control Program used a novel video directly observed therapy (VDOT) application. In 2016, active TB disease was diagnosed in 11 residents and latent TB infection (LTBI) was diagnosed in six residents of facility A. Asynchronous VDOT was used to monitor treatment for these 17 residents. One of the patients with active TB disease had received a diagnosis of LTBI during an investigation at facility A during 2011–2012.
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